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Lots of Happy Babies

Saturday afternoon, May 7. The 2011 Help a Mother Out Mother’s Day Diaper Drive. I had spent the entire day outside the Westlake Village Fresh Brothers Pizza, which is in a fancy outdoor mall and trafficked by fancy people, most of whom looked at me oddly as I chirped “I’m collecting diapers and donations for [...]

Expressing Motherhood

Last weekend I went to a stage show in Hollywood called “Expressing Motherhood.”  In the show, 12 women each took center stage, one after the other, and performed pieces they had written about being a mother.  The theater was small but tasteful, there was a crepe truck outside, and several of my friends were there.  [...]

Felled By the Plight of the World’s Children

This was an original post for LA Moms Blog on December 15, 2008.   SV Moms Group was acquired by Technorati so I post my archives here on Fridays. Enough, people. I can’t take one more story about atrocities committed to children.  Not one more. My friend’s therapist told her that humans are programmed to be [...]

Expressing Motherhood Los Angeles Will Collect Diapers

Amazing stories read by engaging women on a stage.  That’s what “Expressing Motherhood” is, in a show that occurs in several cities across the country every year.  The performers are selected based on their writing about being a mother – the good, bad, and ugly – in humorous or heartbreaking fashion. The Los Angeles performances [...]

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