This story begins after Jesus has been nailed to the Cross and executed.  To distract herself from what she has seen and to keep her emotions contained, Mary sits and reflects back on her life before and after she gave birth to the Son of God.  She remembers how the Angel came to her in her garden and told her she was chosen to be the mother of the Son of God.  She recalls how her mother refused to believe what she told her, and how it came to be that her betrothed Joseph finally came to realize they are chosen to be the earthly parents of Jesus.  As time goes by and Mary’s time grows near they make their way to Bethlehem, only to find that there are no rooms available so Joseph finds stable were Mary gives birth to the Messiah the Son of God.  When they are planning to return home to Nazareth, they hear news that their king has heard of the birth of the Messiah and he is having all baby boys killed.  So they leave for Egypt to protect the life of their son, Jesus is already weaned by the time they are finally able to make it home.

Many years go by as Mary watches her son grow, occasionally forgetting that he is very special and not really like her other children.  Mary reflects back on how she had to separate her feelings as a mother to her son, to just being someone listening to the preaching of her Messiah and believing in Him and His word.  Through out this book you will read of Mary thoughts back to the past and how she spends the three days after the death of Jesus waiting to hear the news that He has risen.

Ms. Carlson gives us an amazing fiction story about the life of Mary after the death of Jesus.   In the beginning of the book, Ms. Carlson writes us a little note about how she came to want to write this story.  She does stress that this is fiction and is based on her own imagination.  As a reviewer, I must say this was a remarkable story and I truly enjoyed reading this book.