For all the mothers, we present the following stories as part of our Mother’s Day Collection.
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A Lady in the Shadows by DJK
Summary: Young Adam tells his new mother about the lady in the shadows.
Rated: K+ Word count: 1141
A Letter from Adam by DebbieB
Summary: This Mother’s Day, it’s Adam’s turn to write home and wish Pa a Happy Mother’s Day.
Rating: G 550 words
A Letter to Mama on Mother’s Day by DebbieB
Summary: Joe puts his feelings on paper.
Rating: G 1,600 words
A Rose for Marie by deansgirl
Summary: Adam finally learns to accept Marie as his mother. A special Mother’s Day story, the companion story to Forever Ben Cartwright
Rating: K+ 2,850 words
Devil’s in the Details (The) by McFair_58
Summary: Ten year old Joseph Cartwright has been assigned a project by Miss Jones to write a paper about his mother. The trouble is, he’s not quite sure what he knows so he asks for her help.
Rated G 2,100 words
Echo of a Heartbeat (The) by patina
Summary: While watching her sons playing down by the lake, Marie wonders about the child she lost.
Rating: K Word Count=1523
For All the Mothers, including Ben Cartwright by DebbieB
Summary: Ten year old Joe learns that sometimes mothers are more than just being a woman.
Rated: G 4,400 words
Happy Mother’s Day, Pa by DebbieB
Summary: Little Joe pays homage to his father, on Mother’s Day
Rating: G 1,225 words
Her Angel Arms by McFair
Summary: For all the mothers out there who give us so much. An innocent comment by the reverend at church sends 40 year old Ben Cartwright on a journey into his young son’s hearts.
Rated: G Word count: 3,427
I’m Already There by BluewindFarm
Summary: For those who believe… After an accident, Little Joe asks one very important question that only one person can answer. Is it any surprise at the response he receives?
Rating: K 2,215 words
Love Hooking by deansgirl
Summary: Elizabeth Stoddard’s favorite pasttime was hooking rugs and blankets. But when Ben Cartwright proposed she found all her rugs had a love theme.
Rated: K+ 1,485 words
Love Comes Late by DJK
Summary: A young Adam has to come to terms with a second step-mother.
Rating: T+ Warning: contains corporal punishment as part of family discipline. Word count: 45,173
My Dearest Mother by AnnieKCowgirl
Summary: Adam writes a letter to his mother during his last year of college.
Rated: K 585 words
None Were the Lovingest by DJK
Summary: Ben and Little Joe discuss his father’s three wives.
Rated: K Word count: 658
Summary: Ben is compelled to defend Marie’s honor. A prequel written for Brand’s Mother’s Day Challenge.
Rating: T Word Count: 1900
Of Mothers and Fathers by Annie K Cowgirl
Summary: Ben’s announcement of his upcoming marriage to a young, widowed woman brings about a serious talk between a ten-year-old Joe and his older brother, Adam
Rating: K 1,625
Summary: Marie feels fear after the birth of her son, Joseph. Can she hold him forever?
Rating: G Word Count: 764
What Ever Happened to the Lovely Mothers by the Giggly Sisters
Summary: Ben Cartwright reminisces about his three wives: Elizabeth, Inger, and Marie and their untimely deaths.
Rated: K+ (1,850)