Updated! So Glad They Told Me is released TODAY. You can buy it on Amazon - and check out my brand new author page there! Does the world need another book about motherhood? Yes. Because So Glad They Told Me: Women Get Real About Motherhood from the Her Stories … [Read more...]
Letters For Scarlet by Julie C. Gardner: Book Review
Back to school reading for grownups. By the time a woman is thirty, she has experienced loss, most likely. It's true for men too, I'm sure, but in Letters For Scarlet, a book about grief, friendship, grace, and courage, the losses are felt most keenly through the eyes of … [Read more...]
Frosted Cowboy – Fun Novel by Debut Author From Agoura Hills
Signed copy of Frosted Cowboy available for giveaway this week! Comment below to enter. Charlene Ross was the original Agoura Hills Mom for the once-awesome Agoura Hills Patch. She graciously did not get mad OR punch me in the face when I asked her if she wouldn't mind if … [Read more...]
ONCEKids – Books and DVD’s That Encourage Curiosity and Friendship
Kids are funny. (Okay, more accurately, kids are weird, but "funny" is much kinder.) Just this afternoon my older son opted to rest among the trees and read his book rather than watch his little brother's baseball game. Ten-year-old me would have seen the logic in this move. … [Read more...]
Sleep In: My Reaction to Sheryl Sandberg’s “Lean In”
A stay at home mom wants to lean in. Later. Sheryl Sandberg's popular book Lean In makes me want to go back to work. I know, that's a big 180 from my post a few weeks ago in which I publicly admitted that I am a stay at home mom right now. Don't get me wrong. I'm not … [Read more...]