Family & Relationships, Parenting, Motherhood
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Fenny to Fran
Reflections on Growing by Fran Vanderpol
I now deeply know that I am not just Fran - female, Dutch immigrant, Christian, wife, mother, and grandmother. I am still Fran, but now I see myself as a person, a global citizen whose everyday life has opportunities to be a part of making this ...
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Worth the Wait
by Andrée Linnell
Sometimes, life doesn’t play out like a nursery rhyme. Sometimes, we have to walk through thunderstorms before we get to our rainbows. Worth the Wait is about the long, difficult road some mothers must travel on the way to the birth of a healthy ...
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Unapologetic Truths
The Realities of Postpartum We Don't Talk About by Yalda Kazemi
YOU CAN BE YOURSELF AGAIN. Part memoir and part survival guide, this warm, unapologetic and honest account of a mother’s battle and ultimate victory with postpartum mental illness breaks stigmas around motherhood, anxiety, depression, and psychosis ...
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University of Motherhood
Undergraduate Degree by Cathy Kotow-Dockman
For Cathy, motherhood became an avenue for personal growth and awareness. She worked passionately and intentionally to develop a parenting approach which blended traditional values with empowerment and alternative methods. Motherhood became a quest ...
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One Step Beyond
A Mother and Daughter's Journey Through Illness by Allison Kelba
One Step Beyond is an authentic account of a teenage girl’s journey through a devastating health diagnosis in the prime of her adolescence and of a mother's unwavering determination to save her daughter's life. Personal journal entries written by ...
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Squirrel At My Throat
Living and Dying Unconventionally in a Conventional World by Tanja Zientara
Tanja and Matt, two high school teachers, have full and wildly unconventional lives. They travel a lot with their two boys and, as the kids get older and take up heavy metal music, their house is rocking with crazy, wild bands almost all the time. ...
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Good Morning, Life!
One Woman Waking Up to Happiness, One Moment at a Time by Barbara Demone
Do you want to be happy? Not waiting-for-the-weekend happy. Not happy-ish. Really, truly happy. Unconditionally satisfied. Every single day. High-performing financial services exec and time-strapped mother of two Barbara Demone thought she’d ...
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Grace in Chaos
Feeling Seen and Valued in the Trenches of Motherhood by Leah Scott
The difference between a woman’s expectations of motherhood and its reality can be vast. Grace in Chaos explores the beautiful, chaotic, messy, magical gift that is motherhood. From the transformations that pregnancy brings, through the miracle of ...
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The Birds Still Sing
My Journey of Resilience Through Postpartum Depression by Grace Tallman
The Birds Still Sing: My Journey of Resilience Through Postpartum Depression is an invaluable and inspiring read for anyone who is struggling to re-discover meaning and purpose in life after a devastating experience. Readers will be riveted by the ...
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Loving My Gay Child
A Mother's Journey to Acceptance by Sushma Agarwal
Like many parents, Sushma and Vijay Agarwal expected both of their sons to grow up, marry a lovely girl, and raise a family. When their younger son told them in 2004 that he was gay, Sushma was devastated. She wanted to know why this had happened to ...
