Mothering on a Weak Stomach
(my 3 kids all grown up! Well, 2 are mine. The boy’s my nephew. But I still love him!) Happy Mother’s Day! May all of you who are brought soggy cereal in bed, carried by little hands and accompanied...
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A few things that were sent to me for Mother’s Day. First, to take you back in a time machine, here’s a clip from The Cosby Show at its best. It was shown at an event I spoke at on Saturday night, and...
View ArticleAvoiding Disappointment This Mother’s Day
It’s our special day! The day when we get fussed over. When someone else makes us breakfast and brings it to us on a tray (even if the cereal has gone soggy and the toast has grown cold). Someone else...
View ArticleWhat Will I Get for Mother's Day?
When I was a child I bought my mom lots of presents. I got it in my head that she liked roses, and she liked earrings, so I bought her earrings shaped like roses for like six years, for every Mother’s...
View ArticleMore Thoughts on Mother's Day
Thanks for all your comments on my Mother’s Day post! I just thought, though, that maybe I was too harsh. I may have given the impression that my husband isn’t good to me on Mother’s Day, which isn’t...
View ArticleMothering on a Weak Stomach
Here’s my Mother’s Day column! Well, actually, it’s the Mother’s Day column from a few years ago. I forgot to write one this year because I had it in my mind that Mother’s Day was next weekend, and...
View ArticleA Microwave and a Mother's Heart
Every Friday my syndicated column appears in a variety of newspapers. Here’s this week’s, just in time for Mother’s Day! Forget that Mars and Venus thing. I have found the definitive difference between...
View ArticleA Microwave and a Mother's Heart
Every Friday my syndicated column appears in a variety of newspapers. Here’s this week’s, just in time for Mother’s Day! Forget that Mars and Venus thing. I have found the definitive difference between...
View ArticleMother's Day Reflections
A few things that were sent to me for Mother’s Day. First, to take you back in a time machine, here’s a clip from The Cosby Show at its best. It was shown at an event I spoke at on Saturday night, and...
View ArticleAvoiding Disappointment This Mother’s Day
It’s our special day this Sunday! The day when we get fussed over. When someone else makes us breakfast and brings it to us on a tray (even if the cereal has gone soggy and the toast has grown cold)....
View ArticleA Microwave and a Mother’s Heart: Mother’s Day Reflections
Mother’s Day is coming this weekend! For twelve years, every May, I had to come up with a Mother’s Day column. I used to write a column in our local paper (until this blog just got too busy)!, and so I...
View ArticleFunny Things I Don’t Understand About Children
Mother’s Day is on Sunday, and I’m not even in the same continent to celebrate with my kids! Keith and I are in the middle of our Australian tour, and we’re having great fun (I’ll post some pictures...
View ArticleGrappling with Mother’s Day if You’ll Never Be a Mom
Most times, I post a piece celebrating moms the Friday before Mother’s Day. But there are many women on this blog and in our communities who struggle with infertility, miscarriages, or infant loss. If...
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