MamaBlogger365 - D.I.V.A.’s New Moon Serenades by Shira Adler, Diva Mama

Shira Adler, Diva Mama, Monday's MamaBlogger365 for the Museum of Motherhood, welcomes the new moon with fresh starts, new ventures and gratitude, and you can too! read more

MamaBlogger365 - Equinox and Lunar Tides by Shira Adler, Diva Mama

...As I thought about rockets launching in Libya and radiation exposed milk in Japan, my recent woes with my son and his school seemed small and perhaps they are. But this is exactly what the beauty of tonightʼs rare moon signals to me as spring alights my doorstep.... read more

MamaBlogger365 - A Quickie by Robin Gorman Newman

Sometimes a quickie is as good as it gets... and it’s better than nothing. I don't mean a “quickie” in the way you might be thinking, though the notion certainly applies.

Whether a foot massage...

Phone chat with a close friend...

Overnight escape...

High intensity run...

Romp in the hay...

It can all feel pretty good, even if fleeting. And sometimes, as multi-tasking moms, we have to be grateful for what we can squeeze in. read more

MamaBlogger365: Speaking From the Heart by Loren Christie

“If there is any responsibility in the cycle of life it must be that one generation owes to the next that strength by which it can come to face ultimate concerns in its own way.”
--Erik Erikson

Princess came home with a Kindergarten class list today and sat down at the table ready to make Valentine’s Day cards. Two hours passed and she had 19 cards done.

“But there are 20 kids on this list,” I said, recounting them.

Princess frowned, crossed her arms and said, “I’m not making one for Lenny."

“You can’t do that. You made cards for everyone else,” I said. Then, realizing something was wrong by the look on her face, I bent down to her level.

“Why don’t you like Lenny?” I asked her.

Princess burst into tears... keep reading.