Heartprints: Celebrating the Power of a Simple Touch

Many women incorrectly assume that they cannot make a meaningful contribution to the world because they see themselves as “average” and their talents and activities as unimportant or mundane. Yet every woman has talents of immeasurable value: the talent to love, to care, to pray, to serve, to be with someone in need.

Women sometimes forget this; they lose sight of how important they really are. It is during these times that they must be gently reminded that they don’t need to become someone special…because special is something they already are.

Within the pages of HeartPrints, the reader will find inspiring stories about ordinary women who have had an extraordinary impact on others. She’ll see how the simplest gestures can make a difference for the kingdom of God. And she’ll discover motivation to reach out to others as only she can, leaving heartprints on their lives simply by being the wonderful, one-of-a-kind woman God has created her to be.

Sandra Aldrich is president and CEO of Bold Words, Inc., based in Colorado Springs. She is a contributing editor for Today’s Christian Woman and is the former senior editor of Focus on the Family magazine. She is the author of more than 500 published magazine articles, the author of five books, and co-author or contributor to a dozen more. She is a frequent speaker at women’s and couples retreats, military bases, grief workshops, college chapels, and parenting seminars. Sandra holds a master’s degree from Eastern Michigan University and is the widowed mother of two adult children.

Bobbie Valentine is the executive producer of the Focus on the Family daily radio broadcast, based in Colorado Springs. In addition to working closely with Dr. James Dobson for more than fifteen years, she is responsible for a new one-hour weekly version of the broadcast, which airs on secular stations. Before joining Focus, she taught for ten years at Biola University, where she developed a theater program. Bobbie holds a master’s degree from the University of Michigan and is the widowed mother of two grown children, foster mother of one, and grandmother of six.