Shop from Our Mother’s Day Gift Guide Pick something for your mom, or really, just get something for yourself. Who are we kidding. If you want something that fits your taste and interests for a Mother’s Day present, you need to buy it yourself. This has worked for me for decades! Happy mom means happy …
Mothers day
Let’s honor those who may not have taken a traditional path to motherhood, but helped raise, influence or love a child. I know there are those that scoff at the commercialization of Mother’s Day or the forced sentimentalization. Though it’s a celebratory day for most, it’s also a day tinged with grief for those that …
Pennie Nichols never planned on becoming a mother, but now that she is, she has some great insights on the subject! Read more from Pennie on her blog. For the first quarter century of my life, I boasted that I’d never marry, that I wouldn’t have children. I would write, travel the world. I would be a nomadic wordsmith. …
As we get older and our parents pass away, Mother’s Day can be bittersweet, as Denise Thomas explains. Visit Denise’s blog, Call the Midlife. I am blessed to be a mother. I have two delightful, kind, healthy children. But every year, around this time, I begin to dread Mother’s Day. Only my family and …
This is a Midlife Boulevard bloghop. Take a look at the posts shared by the Women of Midlife, which you’ll find at the end of this post. This anchor post from Sharon Greenthal explores how stories connect the women in her family. Mothers and Daughters Every so often my mother will call me to tell me about …