"I don't know why my daughter is so angry. She yells at me all the time " "Our daughter comes home, goes straight to her room, turns on her CD player and won't talk to anyone- especially me." "The emotional ups and downs of our daughter's life make us all feel like we're on a roller coaster." Navigating an adolescent daughter's emotional life is one of a mom's toughest challenges. A teenage girl's volatile emotions can seemingly toss her-and you-like a hurricane. When a scary external world and a turbulent internal world collide, the result is sometimes overwhelming and confusing. What can ... View More...
* When you're sick in bed, she'll let you watch horrible soap operas and infomercials. * She's not offended when you pour ketchup all over the dinner she makes for you. * At the peak of your ugly phase, she still thinks you're cute. In delightfully droll bullet points and wacky boxed lists, this tribute to mothers everywhere provides a thousand--make that a thousand and three--reasons to acknowledge and appreciate that all-important female parent in our lives. How did these three talented authors find so many truisms about motherhood? Everyone who has a mother will understand completely once t... View More...
As a mother today, you're as likely as any dad to teach your kids how to pitch a tent, kick a soccer ball, or fix a broken bicycle chain. In a word, you're what your kids call "cool." But with your 24/7 schedule, you can always use extra help. That's why this book was written - to give you (or any dad, grandmother, or grandfather) more "Cool Mom secrets" to pass along to the next generation.Cool Mom secrets are solutions that work. They go straight to the heart of whatever problem a child might encounter to solve it quickly and effectively, no nonsense, no fuss. And at the same time the child ... View More...
As a mother today, you're as likely as any dad to teach your kids how to pitch a tent, kick a soccer ball, or fix a broken bicycle chain. In a word, you're what your kids call "cool." But with your 24/7 schedule, you can always use extra help. That's why this book was written - to give you (or any dad, grandmother, or grandfather) more "Cool Mom secrets" to pass along to the next generation.Cool Mom secrets are solutions that work. They go straight to the heart of whatever problem a child might encounter to solve it quickly and effectively, no nonsense, no fuss. And at the same time the child ... View More...
An old joke tells of a Jewish woman who treks to the Himalayas to seek an audience with a guru sitting in seclusion on a mountaintop. When at last she comes before him, she implores: "Sheldon, come home " Rosie Rosenzweig became that Jewish mother--but in real life, the story has a different ending. Instead of asking her Buddhist son, Ben, to come home, Rosie accepts his invitation to find out about Buddhism firsthand. Together they visit retreat centers in Europe and Asia and meet leading meditation masters who are Ben's gurus: Vietnamese teacher Thich Nhat Hanh and Tibetan lamas Tulku Urgyen... View More...
The experience of motherhood is an experience in contradiction. It is commonplace and it is impossible to imagine. It is prosaic and it is mysterious. It is at once banal, bizarre, compelling, tedious, comic, and catastrophic. To become a mother is to become the chief actor in a drama of human existence to which no one turns up. It is the process by which an ordinary life is transformed unseen into a story of strange and powerful passions, of love and servitude, of confinement and compassion. In a book that is touching, hilarious, provocative, and profoundly insightful, novelist Rachel Cusk at... View More...
Suitable for personal or group devotions, A Month of Meditations for Mothers contains 31 short meditations. Each devotion begins with a Scripture passage, concludes with a prayer, and requires only a few minutes to complete. Perfect for busy Moms who want to spend a few moments with God each day. 31 short meditations for busy Moms. View More...
Whether your children are almost walking or almost grown, learn from other mothers what God wants you to know. A Mother's Legacy guides you through a study of 10 special women from the Word of God. You'll also hear from contemporary mothers like author Jeanne Hendricks, and learn ways to apply the practical truths you acquire. - Written for moms on the go View More...
Whether your children are almost walking or almost grown, learn from other mothers what God wants you to know. A Mother's Legacy guides you through a study of 10 special women from the Word of God. You'll also hear from contemporary mothers like author Jeanne Hendricks, and learn ways to apply the practical truths you acquire. - Written for moms on the go View More...
Whether your children are almost walking or almost grown, learn from other mothers what God wants you to know. A Mother's Legacy guides you through a study of 10 special women from the Word of God. You'll also hear from contemporary mothers like author Jeanne Hendricks, and learn ways to apply the practical truths you acquire. - Written for moms on the go View More...
Original writing by Lisa Guest on a mother's care, love, protection, comfort, and encouragement, A Mother's Love features new art by Sandra Kuck--six-time winner of Artist of the Year from the National Association of Limited Dealers. The book includes additional selections from Scripture and literary sources--a perfect gift for moms, new mothers, and second mothers.. View More...
When a woman becomes a mother, her life changes forever. Her role in every relationship is transformed -- as a wife, sister, friend, or daughter. As a mother, she discovers a different perspective in every facet of her life.A Mother's Touch is a moving and inspirational tribute to mothers. This large format book features more than 120 photographs selected from top photographers across the nation. It reveals the heart and soul of women today as sons and daughters pay tribute to the women who have made a lasting impact on their lives.Organized around a mother's roles as nurturer, comforter, disc... View More...
As the twentieth century closes, the cry for equality between the sexes is provoking unprecedented conflicts between women and men in the workplace and in the family. Women of all colors and classes continue to carry out an enormous amount of indispensable, unremunerated caring labor, which at once undergirds and is peripheral to human life--as men have defined it--and therefore without value. Also a Mother protests this definition of work and value, and claims that beneath the everyday scuffles over gender roles and child care lies an essential religious crisis of work and love. Drawing on h... View More...
Another Place at the Table is Mabel's story and the story of the farmer who became her husband, offering the young widow and her two children the only sanctuary they could hope for. This is CBC radio broadcaster, author and storyteller, Mary Cook's tribute to the remarkable woman who was her mother. View More...
A dynamic yoga program for new mothers and their babies How does a new mother get back her shape without giving up precious time with her baby? In Baby Om, authors Laura Staton and Sarah Perron -- both dancers, yoga instructors, and moms themselves -- answer the new mother's need for a calming and rigorous way to align and strengthen her body while having fun with her baby. Based on their popular New York classes of the same name, Baby Om takes mothers through a yoga practice they can do with their infants -- anytime and anywhere. The techniques help new mothers enjoy the spiritual and physica... View More...
This title provides practical help and inspiration for moms making the career shift to motherhood from the working world, equipping them to be creative and passionate in pursuing the resources, support and humour they need for loving their career of motherhood as much as they love their children. View More...
Be B.L.E.S.S.E.D. That is what Sharon Jaynes teaches as she focuses on being a Proverbs 31 mother. Today's over-committed, harried housewives and mothers sorely need practical suggestions and loving encouragement. Don't go it alone. You need a friend who has been there. Sharon Jaynes is the friend you've been looking for. Her heart is warm and her wisdom is straightforward. View More...
Blessed Expectations is an emotional and spiritual handbook for expectant mothers. The author offers wit, wisdom and guidance for survivng and celebrating pregnancy, recounting anecdotes and offering suggestions to imbuing the pre-baby life of morning sickness and stretch-marks with serenity, excitement and delight. View More...
