MamaBlogger365 - Every Day is Mother's Day by Elizabeth Kathryn Gerold-Miller

My Mom
Elizabeth
Nice, loving,
Hardworking, moneymaking, caring,
Very nice to people
Mom
Happy Mother’s Day 2011

This was the card my ten-year-old son gave to me the day after Mother’s Day. He had written it in school, of course, as the teacher has them do every year, but had forgotten to give it to me, as I knew to be the case.

I was just as pleased to receive this on Monday afternoon. The adjectives I knew came straight from his heart, and I was pleased to see how he saw me. It was nicely balanced between the characteristics of the traditional mom and those of the modern mom. My Monday was much more relaxing than my Sunday, and I soaked it all in. Read more...

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Photo credit: Happy Boy And Mum by Peter Griffin

MamaBlogger365 - Calgon, Take Me to Work Please! by Loren Elizabeth Christie

A day in the life of a busy mom, including a juggling act of the roles of nurse, chef, journalist, and chief negotiator:

My two boys have the flu and today I had to do my reporting for the local papers from home. Working from home is so much harder than being in the office. Try writing four articles with sick little boys running around. While I was making their lunch they ransacked my desk, took my collection of business cards out of my bag and used them in a game they called "snowing." I thought the flu supposedly knocked kids out, so why were mine racing around my dining room table all day? read more

MamaBlogger365 - "So, What Did You Do All Day?" by Jennifer Flaten

It's inevitable that at a certain age, our children begin to realize that we, as their mothers, are indeed separate people and wonder what we do while they're away at school:

Each day after school, my son hops in the car and asks, “So, what did you do all day?”

Trust me; nothing makes you feel more inadequate than having to list your accomplishments for the day to a seven-year-old. To be fair, he is really sweet for asking and he truly seems to want to know what I do all day. read more