For 25 years, Dr. Oteka Ball wrote a letter to family and friends each month. The letter always carried the greeting, "Dear Loved Ones," and it gave those who received the letters that title as a term of endearment. Each letter contained a vignette of something funny or touching that was going on in her immediate or extended family at the time. Many of those vignettes are contained in this book. From the time she married to the present, her focus has always been on the love and importance of family. This book gives glimpses of the joy and love she has for family life.