{"product_id":"9781463421236","title":"Different Cradles, Same Seed","description":"I came from a long line of \"marryiers.\" My grandfather had four wives. Three died and he\u003cbr\u003edied on the fourth one. My Dad had four wives. I had three step-mothers and a mother living at the\u003cbr\u003esame time .There were 20 siblings. At ten I joined a church which was anti-divorce, so I caught the\u003cbr\u003efever. I was determined I would not put my children through all of the explanations of blended, blended,\u003cbr\u003eblended families. \"My sister's grandmother etc. So I didn't go into marriage looking out. We had to learn\u003cbr\u003eto work it out. All of my kids were going to be by the same daddy. No, lengthy diagrams. So we had our\u003cbr\u003echildren and our grandchildren. Some of our children reached back and used the values of their\u003cbr\u003eforefathers, had nerve enough to tell me that those were my values not theirs.\u003cbr\u003eGetting to know and have a relationship with my grandchildren was an obsession of mine. i would\u003cbr\u003eagonize every time I would \"lose\" one. I was busy during my young life, going to prisons, teaching,\u003cbr\u003eschool, counseling\" so I am \/was not a babysitter, Parents and children were welcomed at the home\u003cbr\u003etogether. I had two teenage granddaughters stay with me, one for two school years, and one for about\u003cbr\u003efour months.They were sixteen or more so it wasn't babysitting.\u003cbr\u003eI love my children and my grandchildren occupies a special place in my heart. I can't believe I have\u003cbr\u003ebeen multiplied many times over. I was the conduit from God to earth and even though the Grands were\u003cbr\u003eraised in different cradles-they came from the same seed.","brand":"AuthorHouse","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47167550652656,"sku":"9781463421236","price":8.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0737\/7593\/9824\/files\/9781463421236_p0.jpg?v=1763681697","url":"https:\/\/shop-qa.barnesandnoble.com\/products\/9781463421236","provider":"Barnes \u0026 Noble (DEV)","version":"1.0","type":"link"}