Walton Merritt

**Martha and Her Daughter-in-Law** Martha Whitaker returned home at her usual unhurried pace.

Edward Whitaker had spent his entire adult life devoted to one purpose—raising his only daughter to be

“My daughter-in-law doesn’t even bother hiding how much she despises me,” she called me and

**Diary Entry** I need to share a story from my family—one that still weighs heavily on me.

I always thought I’d help raise my grandchildren while I still had the strength, and in my old age, they’d

When Emily and James married, they dreamed of having their own place one day. They lived in a quiet village

**Diary Entry** My husband, James, always nags me for not making fancy dinners like his mate Anthony’s

One evening, Henry returned from visiting his mother, sighed deeply, and suggested they get a paternity

Now my daughter is 38, with no family or husband, but she longs for a child: Time cannot be undone, yet

Fifty-year-old woman becomes a mother after sixteen years of heart-wrenching struggle Emily Whitmore