Sure, we all share the common goal of nurturing a happy, healthy family, and we make different choices to get there. But just for fun, have you ever considered what ‘mom’ category you most likely fall into?
Dear Mom-to-Be: Baby showers bring a host of instructions from seasoned moms and well-meaning friends. As a new mom, I grew weary of hearing input like ‘sleep when the baby sleeps.’ And since I stubbornly refused to heed this sage advice, I suffered from sleep-deprivation-induced splitting headaches as a result. As part of our global sisterhood, moms can relate to certain universal truths about motherhood, even as all of this advice starts to sound cliché.
Dear ModernBlindDates: I’m just starting to date again after my divorce about a year ago, and I’m wondering how long I should wait before introducing my boyfriend to my kids. How do people manage this? I’m totally lost - Calgary Single Mom.
While in college, Michele Kus walked out of a jazz band audition vowing never to play music publicly again. Burnout had pushed her over the edge. 20 years later, after seven years as a full-time mom and the birth of her third child, she was exhausted from parenting and in need of a territory to call her own. Unexpectedly, she found herself being drawn into playing keyboard at her church. This time, music became a lifeline.
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