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The Uncertainty of New Motherhood… Year Two? by Heather Bowles
April 20th, 2013
Good morning, ladies! To start, Tabitha's birthday celebration went really well. My father's birthday is the same day as hers, so lunch with my parents was fun. I can see this becoming an annual tradition. Her cake was not perfect, but it was homemade. You wouldn't believe how difficult it ...
Music & Sports by Sharon O’Donnell
February 9th, 2013
My youngest son Jason's track out break from school is over, and I think it was rather productive and fun. There was that trip to the NC mountains where he and I had a blast snow tubing, and Jason took some snowboarding lessons ...
Banana Kisses and Raspberry Explosions Everywhere! by Heather Bowles
February 9th, 2013
Good morning, ladies! I'm really excited to share with you today, because this week I have seen an explosion of emotive expressiveness from my daughter. For a couple of months now, I have worried that my insistent devotion to pumping breast milk rather than switching to formula was affecting her emotional ...
My Little Bull In a China Shop, Taking After Her Daddy – By Jean Marie Keenan-Johnston
January 27th, 2013
"Bull in a china shop" - that's the nickname I gave my husband when it became apparent just how infrequently he realized his own strength! Hubby is a linebacker-looking kind of guy...six-foot-four inches tall, broad shoulders...definitely not the type of guy anyone would choose to mess with in a dark alley one ...
Home Alone by Sharon O’Donnell
December 29th, 2012
The boys have been home alone over the past several days. That means the our college sons, ages 21 and 18, stayed with our 12-year-old son while my husband and I enjoyed several days away in beautiful St. Petersburg, Florida. But since boys will be boys as they say, we ...
Ambitious Homemaking: A Prelude to an Online Business? by Heather Bowles
December 8th, 2012
Good Saturday morning, friends! I think it's time for me to come clean (Pun totally intended). I've been researching the art of soapmaking in recent weeks, and last night, I decided that it's time to get serious about putting together the required supplies. It seems to be the next logical ...
Where’s Grandpa? Explaining Death to a Child By Jennifer Hancock, Later Mom
September 25th, 2012
When my son first encountered death he was three and his grandfather had just died. My husband flew up to help his mom cope with the funeral while I stayed home wondering what, if anything, to tell my son. I was afraid that he would get really upset and I ...
Grow Old Along With Me by Sharon O’Donnell
September 15th, 2012
My parents are celebrating their 64th wedding anniversary today, Sept. 15th. Over the years, my siblings and I have thanked them for giving us such wonderful childhoods and such a loving example of what a marriage should be; however, I don't really think we ...
A Fond Farewell…by Liimu
August 23rd, 2012
Well, MotherhoodLater readers, I have had a wonderful time sharing my life with you these past few years, but it’s time for me to go. I can’t believe how much has happened – I had ANOTHER baby (number four!) and chronicled the whole pregnancy here with you. I wish I could ...
Attitude Adjustments Needed By: Stacey Honowitz
August 11th, 2012
I have been dealing with kids in my job for a very long time, my job dictates the need to meet with kids on a daily basis of all ages. I have been doing this job for twenty-four years and and I can tell you that the attitudes ...
