Posted on March 30th, 2009 by Julie_Cole
I’m currently writing an article for Mother’s Day about mamas who don’t have their own mothers around.
It’s fascinating to me that people can raise children when their own moms are not retired, living locally, emotionally involved or alive. So, you have that happy read to look forward to. In the meantime it got me thinking about another valuable player in the extended family - the childless aunt.
I had a childless aunt who we tragically lost to breast cancer a dozen years ago when she was only 46-years-old. For the time that we did have her, she was a committed babysitter, sleepover participator, baseball and hockey game attendee, dance recital enthusiast and crazy eights player. She set out to make each and every one of her 16 nieces and nephews feel tremendously special and did a decent job of it.
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Posted on March 30th, 2009 by Allison
Today is not just Monday, it is WorkingMomLifeline.com ’s Mother-in-Law Monday!
The rules are simple. VERY simple:
1) Share your best Mother-In-Law story (or stories) as comments to this blog.
2) Keep it clean and keep out an actual name of your (or your “friend’s”) Mother-In-Law
3) Submit comment, repeat on Mondays as needed.
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Posted on March 23rd, 2009 by Allison
Today is not just Monday, it is WorkingMomLifeline.com ’s Mother-in-Law Monday!
The rules are simple. VERY simple:
1) Share your best Mother-In-Law story (or stories) as comments to this blog.
2) Keep it clean and keep out an actual name of your (or your “friend’s”) Mother-In-Law
3) Submit comment, repeat on Mondays as needed.
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Posted on March 20th, 2009 by Kirk
As a fan of the biggest Loser I can’t help but be interested in the weight loss craze. Just over two years ago my wife had Lap-Band surgery to reduce the size of her stomach to enable her to lose weight.
Guess what? A tool only works if you use it and it really helps if you learn to use it right.
If you are finding it hard to lose weight while following your diet religiously maybe your ability to lose weight has nothing to do with what you are eating but more about what’s eating you.
As a preparation for Lap-Band surgery, my wife had to see a Behavioral Psychologist where she learned that she is afraid of being hungry. As she has learned to deal with the fear of being hungry she is able to lose more weight.
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Posted on March 19th, 2009 by Julie_Cole
I felt young when I had my first baby. I was in my late-twenties but had always imagined I wouldn’t get started until I was in my thirties.
You see, I just had too much to do and didn’t need a baby slowing me down. Turns out, sometimes they don’t slow you down but speed you up. Regardless, as time passed and the number of babies increased, so did the number of candles on my birthday cake. Last week I blew out 38 of the damn things.
Generally I’m not bothered by aging. We all know that 40 is the new 30 and having babies a little later in life is getting more and more common. I went into this pregnancy feeling well and up for the task.
But the issue of maternal age has always been a discussion point. In days gone by, the older mother was frowned upon. My grandmother gave birth for the last time at the ripe old age of 46 and was subjected to some pretty rude comments. While in hospital delivering her last baby, a nurse scolded grandma telling her that she should be “ashamed” of herself. In addition, she had to cop the grief of some of her embarrassed teenage/adult children.
While those social stigmas may no longer apply, maternal age is still relevant. Somewhere between my fourth and fifth pregnancy, I reached the magical age of 35. Apparently from there on in, it all goes downhill for pregnant women and their fetuses.
I began being treated as though I was elderly - amnio offered around every corner and suggestions of a tubal ligation during the c-section to avoid another pregnancy at this late stage in life. It seemed odd to me since I had been pregnant with my fourth child only a few months earlier. Apparently, my 35 candles put me into a whole new statistical category intended to scare off the faint-hearted mamas.
It’s one thing not to be bothered by becoming a mother in your late thirties, but another entirely when you have to surround yourself with young mothers. For those who have followed this blog, you may recall that there have been three recent weddings my children have been involved in. Well, my three bride cousins have now either just given birth or are just about to. Did I mention that these bride cousins were born in the 1980s?
So if you happen to be at a park this summer and see three energetic new mamas looking like teenagers with their noticeably absent crows feet, those are my cousins. You’ll easily recognize me with them - I’ll be the old hag with the bags under my eyes.
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Posted on March 18th, 2009 by Trina_Read
I’ve always seen vacations as a one-way ticket for couples to have some well deserved fun sex. An easy way to shake off domestic routines and allow the more relaxed side of our personality to come out.
In fact, countless couples have shared their out-of-their-usual-comfort-zone sexual escapes when they were in a foreign city/ resort/ beach.
Imagine my disappointment when just the opposite happened. I just got back from a skiing vacation with my husband’s family—a large, lovely and fun group of people. But there was zippo sex and now zippo desire to have sex for…quite some time.
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