Some time ago I wrote about a book called The Mommy Chronicles.   Now, mom authors Sara Ellington and Stephanie Triplett have just published their second book called The Must-Have Mom Manual. I kinda sorta thought I was over the mom handbooks.  I read the What to expect books and didn’t think I needed to read another book on how to [...]

I feel like I’ve known today’s featured mom for a long time but really we’ve only interacted online.  Leah has a wonderful blog and is active on twitter in addition to her handmade jewelry shop.  She’s been a sincere and engaging personality and I’m so pleased that our paths have crossed.  I decided to showcase her today so that you [...]

I realized today that I’ve been kidding myself for a long time.  Every year I get a new daytimer.  Every year I write out a few things and then….. It sits untouched for months. I started thinking that maybe I wasn’t a planner type person all along.  Maybe I don’t need a plan.  Maybe I’m an impulsive spur of the [...]

Writing Maternal Spark has been an incredible experience so far.  I have come to know some fantastic people – many of them write blogs of their own.  Recently there has been a lot of talk about mom blogs and what is acceptable and what isn’t and how their authors should conduct themselves. There was this post, and this one and [...]