Archive for May, 2016

GUEST BLOG POST: Mommy, Your Head is Wrong! by Diane Stark (book excerpt from Chicken Soup for the Soul; the joy of less)


While we try to teach our children all about life, our children teach us what life is all about. ~Angela Schwindt It was a busy day, but as a single mom with a full-time job and two young children to care for, this was nothing unusual. I had just gotten home from ...

GUEST BLOG POST: The Art of Blissful Parenting by Sharon Ballantine


Have you ever noticed how things flow in your life when you’re feeling good and how they don’t flow when you feel stressed or are engaging in any negative emotion? Feeling good is your key to being in the flow and for manifesting what you want. This means tapping into ...

Grandparents and Politics by Maureen Eich VanWalleghan


It’s Saturday morning and I am reading, reading on my iPhone. My daughter is relaxing. I’ve written little here because I have had little to say, particularly on Wednesdays, the day I thought I could write unencumbered. This morning I realized I have things to say on Saturday and that ...

GUEST BLOG POST: Been there, done that. Now I have two kids. by Zoe Richmond


The Music and Arts Festival Coachella was recently held.  It is a three-day music festival in the Coachella Valley, near Palm Springs, California. Headliners included acts like Guns n’ Roses, LCD Soundsystem and Calvin Harris. Earlier in the year, my friend was trying to convince me to go.  “No. And hell ...

MOM THEATRE BLOGGER: AMERICAN PSYCHO: Broadway Musical Review by Robin Gorman Newman


[caption id="attachment_23255" align="alignleft" width="300"] Photo by Jeremy Daniel[/caption] Sex.  Drugs. Rock 'n Roll.  And, throw blood 'n guts into the mix, and there you have AMERICAN PSYCHO. But, it's much more.....in a glossy, gory, garish...ultimately good way. Slickly packaged and based on the bestselling cult novel by Brett Easton Ellis, later made into ...

MOM THEATRE BLOGGER: Daphne’s Dive: Show Review by Robin Gorman Newman


[caption id="attachment_23319" align="alignright" width="300"] Photo by Joan Marcus[/caption] I'm a long time fan of Daphne Rubin-Vega, since her Broadway debut rockstar performance in the legendary musical Rent.  So, when I heard she was in Daphne's Dive (no relation to Vega herself), it became a must see.  Added to the impressive roster ...

FAMILY SHOW REVIEW: BIG APPLE CIRCUS: by Susan Coronel


The Big Apple Circus has been long regarded as one of the classiest circuses around. Its latest production, The Grand Tour, marks the company’s 38th season, and gives audiences many reasons to continue such praise. The show is much more than sawdust and popcorn. It’s a dazzling display of live ...

The Sleep (Apnea) Saga Continues by Robin Gorman Newman


Last night I received a call from a mom I know through MotherhoodLater.com.  She had read my initial blog post on my sleep apnea, and  it resonated.  She was diagnosed with severe sleep apnea two years ago and had yet to treat it. When I asked why, she said that other ...

GUEST BLOG POST: Finding Magic in the Mayhem by Bernadette Noll, author, Look At Us Now


I don’t think I need to tell you that parenting can be hectic. Whether you have one child or five, whether you are a single mom or happily coupled, whether you have toddlers or teens, on many days the mess of parenting seems to far outweigh the calm. So how ...

GUEST BLOG POST: Are You Choosing Love…or Fear? by Renee Peterson Trudeau


This past Sunday evening on Mother’s Day, I returned home from an amazing retreat feeling euphoric and transformed. My husband and son picked me up from the airport. My teen had just returned from a late-night sleepover so my expectations for the evening were low: a quick bite out at ...