Holiday Memory
A daughter's heartfelt letter to her late mother, who lost her own mother at ten, left home by night for nursing school, and served God and others all her life.
44 stories
Family
Mothers, fathers, grandparents and the ties that hold us.
A Letter From a Dad to His Daughter Before Her Wedding Day
A father tells his daughter before her wedding how a movie inspired her middle name, Jeni, meaning wonderful person, and why she has always lived up to it.
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About our family stories
Stories about mothers, fathers, grandparents and the ties that hold families together through every season.
Readers often share A Letter From a Dad to His Daughter Before Her Wedding Day, which has brought many fathers and brides to tears. In Being a Mother, a man’s wife suggests he take another woman out to dinner: his own mother. Burned Biscuits is a short story about the grace that holds a family together, and Harsh Words and The Carpenter are about the things we say and the bridges we build.
You’ll find stories about raising children, caring for aging parents, grandparents’ wisdom and family traditions. They’re short enough to read at the breakfast table and meaningful enough to save. For stories especially for mothers and grandmothers, see our For Mom collection.