Archive for August, 2011
The Calm Before the Storm – By Cara Potapshyn Meyers
August 31st, 2011
As I am writing this, I am prepared for and awaiting Hurricane Irene to pass by this area of the East Coast. Although several of my friends who live near to the shoreline have already had to evacuate, I am thankful that I am able to stay in my own ...
Days of Our Lives – by Elizabeth Allen
August 30th, 2011
Do you watch soaps? Will you admit it? Perhaps you’re a GH (General Hospital) or OLTL (One Life to Live) devotee. Me? It’s been DOOL since 1968 when Hope was just a baby, Alice Horton was still young and pretty and no one referred to Victor Kiriakis as Jennifer Aniston’s ...
Where Do We Go When We Die? by Maureen Eich VanWalleghan
August 27th, 2011
So I am dealing with a death in the family and wondering how to discuss this with my five year old daughter. My great aunt died yesterday. She and her husband were like a second set of grandparents for my daughter. Since my husband’s parents are dead, my husband had ...
GUEST BLOG POST: The Later Mom Paradox: Grateful To Have Kids, But…by Holly Sklar
August 26th, 2011
Because of the way I became a mom later in life – via IVF after several miscarriages – I count myself lucky to have kids at all. I don’t think I’ve ever experienced a deeper longing than the one I had to be a parent. After each setback my husband ...
Where I’ve Been… by Liimu
August 26th, 2011
Sorry, everyone. Normally I try to get my post up by 6 am, but Hurricane Irene is heading for the coast and they are telling us we have to evacuate by 8 am tomorrow. I've had other things on my mind. I'm trying to stay in a positive frame of ...
Cara’s Fun Finds – By Cara Potapshyn Meyers
August 24th, 2011
We've been getting quite a few exciting products for kids here at MotherhoodLater.com! I'd like to share some of these with you!Jungle SpeedThere is a new game that has already taken Europe by storm! Jungle Speed is now available in America with more than two million games already sold. Developed by the company ...
Sticky Nest – by Elizabeth Allen
August 23rd, 2011
I see young mothers all around me doing everything from dropping off their 6 year-olds for the first day of kindergarten to quick hugs outside their 18 year-olds freshman college dorm. They do it fast too! Like ripping off a Band-Aid. They shed ne’er a tear before they’re on their ...
Whenever You’re Ready…—by Jamie Levine
August 22nd, 2011
Jayda has a friend who is a few months older than she is, and at the beginning of this summer, Jayda’s friend started swimming. Just like that. She’d taken lessons all last summer, and a few during the winter, and has always loved the water, but she couldn’t exactly swim. ...
CYMA SHAPIRO CHATS WITH: Dr. Carl Pickhardt
August 21st, 2011
Dr. Pickhardt, before I begin my questions regarding your book and the wonderful premise and theory behind it, I’d like to pick your brain and offer you some common (mis)conceptions regarding young adults who return to their parent’s home after years of independent living. Let’s see what this line of ...
We Can Have It All…Not by Maureen Eich VanWalleghan
August 20th, 2011
It is so fascinating to read books or watch films that I enjoyed before I became a mother. I still remember the pre-motherhood thinking I had before I had my daughter. The judgements of how I would do “it” better, e.g. I would not have bratty kids...ha. (Who doesn’t have ...
