Introduction : roots to our wings : grandparenting / Joseph Leininger Wheeler -- When tulips die in the spring / Ruth Garren -- You can't do it, Grandma! / Frank L. Hicks, Jr. -- The heart's beginning / Pearl S. Buck -- Bread crusts / Louise Seymour Hasbrouck -- His first dress suit / Felicia Buttz Clark -- Amy's butterfly / Kathryn Smith Boyette -- Practice hours / Agnes Barden Dustin -- His legacy / Bill Gaither with Jerry B. Jenkins -- The cousins' conspiracy / Helen Ward Banks -- The delayed letter / Elizabeth Ann Tollmann -- Ready for heaven / Ewart A. Autry -- An old-fashioned love story / Betty Steele Everett -- A gift for Lauren / Denise Anderson Boiko -- The Mason family on exhibition / author unknown -- One breath away / Alfred F. Eckhardt -- The guest of honor / Mabel McKee -- The elk tooth dress / Dorothy Johnson -- The magician / John M. Hebert -- Grandmother's end of the ice cream / Annie Hamilton Donnell -- The shabby little house / Irene S. Woodcock -- The super-duper / Mary Kay Thompson -- This was my son / Avis Dungan -- Legacy / Joseph Leininger Wheeler.