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On Motherhood, Meals & Mayhem | Mother’s Day 2014

May 6, 2014 | Categories: Loser Mommy Moments, Mommy Martyrdom, No, You're Not The Only One..., and Uncategorized. Tags: Asian, control freak, humor, motherhood, mothers day, and Parenting.

Breakfast of Chumpions One winter morning in 1988, I ran out the door on my way to school. I was late, per usual, so I skipped breakfast. High school seniors are too cool for breakfast anyway. My mother wasn’t having it. She chased me out to my car in her pajamas, and pressed a half-eaten SKOR bar and Coke into my hand. “Must eat something!” she insisted. A Coke and a candy...

Mother’s Day, Post Mortem

May 13, 2012 | Categories: Devotionals, God Understands?!, Grief & Loss, Mommy Martyrdom, and No, You're Not The Only One.... Tags: mothers day.

The Day After All fanfare is done. Restaurants recover from the busiest day of the year. Florists sweep away forlorn bouquets that weren’t pretty enough to get picked. Drugstores stash away the picked-over greeting cards. Maybe they’ll get recycled next year. For many women, it may not have been a joyous day of celebration. Perhaps no one feted them like “Queen for...