Wow, I’m not even sure where to start in writing about this book. There’s so much meat to it. I found the subtext of the title (“Making Peace with Mom – Before It’s Too Late”) to be particularly poignant for me since my mom just turned 88, and I used to worry about not making…
With awards season upon us, and the film, Precious getting a lot of attention, now seems like a good time to examine the mother-daughter relationship depicted in this often-times difficult and painful to watch movie. Despite being in a book club for many years, I had never read the novel, Push, by Sapphire, on which…
Elsewhere on this site there is information about how sharing feelings helps to relieve stress, especially for women. We all know how we women share every detail of every situation with our girlfriends but when our men get together, they can sit in silence watching a ball game or chat about mundane things while working…
How best to handle things in the middle of a little (or big) mama drama??? Well, I guess it’s different for everyone, but I know I need my space. I can be patient and hold in my frustrations for a while and then I can feel the annoyances building and building until I feel like…