2007 Mother's Day Anthology
Welcome to the first Annual Mother's Day Essay Anthology. When I organized an essay contest for Mother's Day, I told the judges they would be reading around ten essays. I had no idea that forty three women would take the time to put down their thoughts in such an honest and meaningful manner. After reading the essays, I decided that they all needed to be published.
Click here to read the winning essay and here to read about our judging panel.
Entries by Title
Click on an entry title below to view the full text of that entry.
- "A Dream Evolves" by Mary Lou Wagner
- "Above and Beyond the Call of Duty" by Karen Hogenauer
- "Am I the Mother I thought I would be?" by Angela Megerdichian
- "Are you the Mother you thought you would be?" by Kim Smith
- "Being a Mom Is Like Nothing Else in the World" by Serena Bocchino
- "Brother Love" by Esther Levitt
- "Caution: Mom-in-Training" by Angela MacRae-Borneman
- "Chloe, Isabella, Oliver, Elliot" by Julia Schachter Regardie
- "Disillusioned Mommy" by Meenu Gupta
- "Expecting" by LeeAnne Langton
- "Falling Short" by Suzanne Dunn
- "Having It All" by Jennifer Mitchell
- "Humble Pie" by Dallas Day
- "I am a “Mother” Hear Me Roar" by Liza Marchant
- "I'm a Mom...I Raised A Man" by Sharon Henderson
- "In Pursuit of Grey's Anatomy" by Christine Boehm
- "It All Depends On When You Ask Me" by Traci Austin
- "Mom Schizophrenia" by Gloria Zimmerman
- "Mom Under Construction" by Barbara Eknoian
- "My Answer to Your Question" by Lisa Van Riette
- "Not What I Expected" by Irene Jacobs
- "On the Job Training" by Jan Schreiber
- "Plan B" by Cassaundra Jah
- "Ponytails and Pearls" by Stephanie Cismoski
- "Praying for Patience" by Rachel Coleman
- "Pretzels and Parenting" by Francine Weinberg Graff
- "Reality Check" by Lori Black Laufenburger
- "Sharing the Most Important Role in My Life: Motherhood" by Leigh Leveen
- "StepMotherhood" by Diane Marshall
- "Thanks to Grammy" by Shelley Wineke
- "The 'Perfect' Mom" by CPA Mom
- "The BirthMother Blues" by Sue McKaig
- "The Lesson She Taught" by Marrie Stone
- "The Mom I Thought I'd Be" by Cricket Nelson Hater
- "Untitled" by Jean Massey
- "Utterly Whipped" by Leigh Madsen
- "We'll Take Two Nuggets To Go" by Jennifer Marshall
- "You May Ask Yourself: How Did I Get Here?" by Kate Rogers





