“This new collection by Donna Baier Stein offers readers the reflections of a mature woman who has few illusions about life but who moves forward with courage, hope, and love. Expertly crafted, perfectly pitched and paced, these poems call readers into the immediate and extended circle of the poet’s family; they speak the language of dreams [ . . . ]; and they meditate upon strengths and frailties that empower the human spirit. Attentive to the particular, these are eloquent and accessible poems of people and place, of self-realization, and of acceptance.” —Adele Kenny, Author of A Lightness, A Thirst, or Nothing at All