Roy, a retreat leader and the author of My Monastery Is a Minivan, has written a charming book of insights and suggested practices for mothers at all stages of mothering. Her outlook is unabashedly spiritual - she looks for moments of grace and meditation in a mother's life - but her sound counsel helps parents to cultivate patience, resilience, flexibility, and gratitude in dealing with children. Many mothers (and fathers, too) should find her book both entertaining and uplifting.