get born BACK TO SCHOOL promotional!

Read Full Post »

The Buzz about get born (from mothers who read and write)

get born is as close to truth in Motherhood as I can come. Why are people so set on painting motherhood as all soft and fuzzy?
get born provides an unvarnished (and therefore comforting) view of parenting.

get born fills a connection to a woman’s spirit

get born IS THE ONLY MAGAZINE AROUND THAT GETS [...]

Read Full Post »

My Post-Cancer Goals

After the shock of the trauma of my initial diagnosis abated somewhat, I began to ask the inevitable, “What now?” question.
So far, I’ve come up with three goals to accomplish post-cancer. They’re in no particular order.
Learn to sail
Be in a community theater production
Get into a fight with a girl
I’ve got one down.  This morning, [...]

Read Full Post »

Writing Workshop

I’m directing a Writing Workshop tonight on behalf of my friend Keri, founder of The Family Journey.   For those in the area who want to attend, it will be at Catalyst Coffee on the corner of Shields and Drake in Fort Collins.
As I sit planning this workshop, I realize how passionate I am about [...]

Read Full Post »

The Other Side of the Look

In her essay, On the Defense, Cindy Strandvold mentioned “The Look” that people give her when she tells them she is a stay at home mom. I have given that look many times. It isn’t that I was looking down on people. Rather, it was purely a deer in the headlights reaction to a [...]

Read Full Post »

Children’s Political Campaign

Ahh..the innocence of younger ones. As always my blogs will reflect my working environment because that’s where I am all the time. Yesterday a woman and 4 kids (1 boy and 3 girls) was checking out. One of the younger girls (about 7ish) noticed a display of magazines and said, “Where’s John [...]

Read Full Post »

Pondering profanity

I’ve been pondering the pros and cons of using profanity the past few days as my tweens use every opportunity to exclaim, “we just drove past the dam store”, and “did you know our neighbor has a new ass?”  There is an exhileration to technically obeying the rules of “no cuss words,”  while still SOUNDING [...]

Read Full Post »

Forgiveness

August 31, 2008 by mamabop

I hadn’t even finished the first paragraph of Kim Spencer’s “Hanging in My Closet” before I knew this was the essay I was going to be blogging about. My entire preteen-to-teen existence, one long therapy session that it was, flashed before my eyes, and I finally had the breakthrough that my [...]

Read Full Post »

“Special Ed Mom”

After reading “Special Ed Mom” in the Summer ‘08 Get Born magazine I found my heart aching for this very ’special’ mom. I wanted to reach across the miles and give her a tight fierce hug. Her story touched me in many ways. As someone who worked with mentally challenged adults for 14 years I [...]

Read Full Post »

Another Top Ten True Confessions

1. I would rather read my blog rolls than play with my boys – most days.
2. My son is having a hard time understanding that he’s not suppose to wet his pants at night. I blame myself. I would rather stay in bed ½ hour longer than get up when I hear him, in order [...]

Read Full Post »