Contents & Contributors

Introduction
Beyond Tender Love

Christine Fugate

Madness & Mayhem

I Love You Like the Crazy You Drive Me
Anne Glamore

Moves, Babies, Moments of Madness
Kate Hasenauer

For Want of a Key
Leesa Gehman

Raising the Enemy
Suzanne Jurva

Notes From the Bathroom Floor
Leigh Kaufman Leveen

Dear Mom-to-be
Angela Sandelier

Mother, May I?

Fertilizer
Cynthia Jenkins

Comanche Child
Elaine Greensmith Jordan

Rough Cut
Barbara Eknoian

Mom Without a Safety Net
Mary Anne O’Connell

What I Know Now
Geri Jacobs

Veteran Mom
Mary Helen Berg

Feeding the Zoo

Motherhood: It’s a Man’s Job
Frank Leggett

How to Get Your Children to Behave in 5, 10, 13, 435 Easy Steps
Pat Dunnigan

Caution: Warning Label Not Included
Jennifer Davis

Becoming Mom
Regina Nervo

Bad Mother, Bad Woman
Peggy Rambach
Foundation for Art and Healing

Do It Yourself
Gloria Zimmerman

Standing Strong

Boating, Skating
Thelma Adams

Skimming the Surface
Diane Compton
Gigi's Playhouse

Flipping the Bird at Fear
Amy Logan

Keys
Tamara Madison

When Love Isn’t Delivered with the Baby
Karina Schmidt

You Will Know
Sarah Teres

Damaged but not Destroyed
Laurel Meister

Our Sweet Salvation

Making People
Crystal McKee
 
Give a Kid More Than One Parent, and You’re Asking For Trouble
Patty Friedmann

He Changes Too
Ingrid Miller

Joined
Donna Hilbert

Am I Blurry?
Sheila Golden

Letter to the Mother of that Baby
Judy Berna

What Love Does
Patti Callahan Henry

About the Contributors
About the Designer
About the Editor
Acknowledgments
Copyright Notices

Comments

[Amy]

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Hello. I would like to introduce myself. I am a new WAHM and am excited to begin networking with moms and grandmothers who are juggling the many roles they have in life just as I am. I had a 15 year career as an accountant for a publicly traded company and I missed out on so many of the precious moments in the lives of my boys. In August of ’07 I finally took the step of faith and left my full-time employment so that I could have the time, energy, and flexibility to focus on the needs of my tween (age 12) and 1st grader (age 6).

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I would love for you to view my site and blog then comment with any suggestions, advice, or encouragement.

Thank you for the consideration.

Blessing on your day!