*** I always knew I wanted to have children, and I think at one point, I thought I’d have a lot of them. That was until my daughter almost killed me during delivery, and as well as from the aftereffects of said delivery. Honestly, if she had been born before my son, I would only…
Tag: Mother’s Day
Mother’s Day & Some New Reviews
*** Mother’s Day is this upcoming Sunday. Do you know what I want for Mother’s Day? I don’t want to do a damn thing. Nothing. I want to turn off my brain, have someone else serve me brunch (which we have already arranged, thank goodness!), and do, as Audrey Hepburn says in Roman Holiday, “just…
The Day After Mother’s Day: The Debate Over Who Works Harder—Stay-at-Home Moms, Working Moms, or Part-Time Moms? Debunking the Myth
Too often I hear moms battling it out over who works harder—the stay-at-home mom, the working mom, or the part-time mom. I’ve seen moms look down their noses at others for the time they put into their work, whether that work takes place in the home, in the office, at a computer, or at a…
A Note on Mother’s Day
* * * “My mother was the most beautiful woman I ever saw. All I am I owe to my mother. I attribute all my success in life to the moral, intellectual, and physical education I received from her.” ~ George Washington On this Mother’s Day, I thought I would share a poem I wrote…
The Top 10 Things You Won’t Find in “Beneath the Mimosa Tree” and 8 Reasons Why Your Mother Will Like It
*** No, you certainly won’t. You certainly won’t find any of these things in my novel, counting down from number 10 to number one. Here you go… 10. Postapocalyptic survival fights (Who would dare now?) 9. Controversial issues (Jodi Picoult corners the fiction market with these topics.) 8. Good and bad witches (I’m obsessed,…
