In Toys, Tears and Shepherd’s Pie, John B. Eberly, Sr., M.D. takes parents on a journey from before their infants burst into the world, forever changing their lives, to the day they “release the rope” and let them go to make their own ways in the world. A family physician in Taylors, S.C., Dr. Eberly talks about the opportunities and challenges of parenting in today’s confusing world. But it’s not just from his expertise as a doctor that he speaks—it’s from his heart as a Christian father.