The phone call came in early 1998, from literary agent Wes Yoder, of the Ambassador Agency. Would we be interested in writing a book, telling the story of Bobbi and Kenny McCaughey and the birth of their septuplets? Would we? Would we ever!

<a href="http://motherhoodstress.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/10/Seven_From_Heaven_cover2.jpg"><img class="alignleft size-full wp-image-118" title="Seven_From_Heaven_cover" src="http://motherhoodstress.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/10/Seven_From_Heaven_cover2.jpg" alt="" width="160" height="160" /></a>Like the rest of the world, we had been following the story of the miracle of seven babies.

Soon we found ourselves on a plane to Iowa. We walked into the McCaughey home, then a pretty 760 square foot ranch, in the company of Wes, their agent. We washed our hands and someone handed Brandon to me. Then the introductions began.

We made 5 trips to Iowa over the months that we worked on writing two books with Bobbi and Kenny. And during those months, the babies went from tiny little ones in arms, to crawling. On our last visit to Iowa, Kenny and Joel were pulling up and looked to be only days away from taking their first steps. And the McCaughey family had just moved into their new, much larger home.

Those months of talking with the McCaughey's were a gift from God. We were blessed to witness their faith and their joy with their precious children. We saw first hand their wonderful approach to parenting, demonstrated in this excerpt from Celebrating the Wonder of Motherhood:
<p style="text-align: center;">For You formed my inward parts;</p>
<p style="text-align: center;">You covered me in my mother's womb.</p>
<p style="text-align: center;">I will praise You, for I am fearfully and wonderfully made;</p>
<p style="text-align: center;">Marvelous are Your works. - Psalm 139:13-14 NKJV</p>
Reading this verse, there can be no doubt about whether or not God has a purpose for our lives. Right from the beginning He is fashioning a wonderful work. Each of my children is fearfully and wonderfully made. And our family -- the way He has put us all together -- is also a marvelous work of God. <a href="http://motherhoodstress.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/10/Celebrating_Wonder_Motherhood.jpg"><img class="alignright size-full wp-image-119" title="Celebrating_Wonder_Motherhood" src="http://motherhoodstress.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/10/Celebrating_Wonder_Motherhood.jpg" alt="" width="160" height="160" /></a>