Discovering Motherhood
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May 6, 2010
Don't miss the smiling Band-Aid moments
There's a framed school portrait on our guest bathroom wall of kindergartner Liam smiling happily with a big, blue Bob-the-Builder Band-Aid pasted between his upper lip and nose. Liam's eyes are twinkling and he is apparently unbothered by having a large swath of plastic taped on his face on picture day. (read more)
March 25, 2010
Bananas in church
During the offertory, I started thinking about bananas.
It was a Friday in Lent and I was at 8 a.m. Mass in part because Bill and I were going to have a staffing that afternoon with our foster daughter's biological brothers and their social workers. Quarterly staffing meetings are often uncomfortable, sometimes volatile and usually unproductive. (read more)
Discovering Motherhood is a journey without a map -- a life-long trip into a new and unfamiliar world. It is a daunting, high-energy trek with ups and downs and bumps in the road.
In her book, Annemarie Scobey has recorded the journey with insight, humor and a sure sense of the presence of the Divine in the turmoil, troubles and triumphs of everyday life. Discovering Motherhood celebrates a dimension of life that only mothers can truly know.
Annemarie signs books during an appearance at Harry W. Schwartz Bookshop in Shorewood.
