Archive for the ‘Motherhood’ Category

A Tribute To Mothers

Happy Mother's Day

My mom was a young, single mother until I was ten.  She had to work and my grandmother cared for me.  My grandmother took me to school, cooked my meals, read to me from the Bible, and taught me to pray.  I remember hot bowls of oatmeal with butter, sugar, carnation cream and two slices [...]

10 Great Mother’s Day Gifts

10 Great Mother's Day Gifts

Mother’s Day is approaching.   What’s a good gift for the occasion?  A bouquet of red roses?  Pearl earrings?  Tickets to a show on Broadway?  How about something less conventional and more touching? 1)  Sign up with MSN e-cards.  They will allow you to send a cute message, upload a picture and leave a free voice-mail [...]

Now that I have children…who am I?

Now that I have children who am I

Who am I now that I have children?  Is this a question you have asked yourself?  I sure have.  Before becoming a mother I would say I was fun loving, extroverted and spontaneous.  After children I can still be fun loving and extroverted but the spontaneity in my life has pretty much gone out the window. Schedules [...]

Stay at Home vs Working: The Struggle

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Recently, after finding out that I am a stay-at-home mother, a friend and stay-at-home mother of two surprised me with the statement that I did not seem like the “type” of woman who would stay home with my baby. To be honest, that statement has been resonating in my mind ever since.  Before having my daughter I was very career [...]

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