Motherless Mama
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The look on my four-year-old daughter’s face says it all. She just handed me an invite in the shape of a tea cup with her hand written letters on the front, “Mommy.” It invites me to the pre-school’s Mother’s Day Tea for the first hour of class. At the bottom in italics, No siblings please.…
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I am standing in the hallway with my teacher, who is explaining to me that I can do my book report in the library. I shake my head saying that I want to stay in the classroom. “The class is working on their Mother’s Day projects. I thought you would be more comfortable doing something…
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As a tweetaholic I have seen the buzz surrounding #momthevote. I can appreciate the need to get moms to the polls. We need to vote for what is best for our families. It was not the same for our parents. Many households now have both parents working just to survive. Costs have sky rocketed. At…
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10 things not to say or do to a pregnant woman 1. It’s just a myth that you eat for two. 2. I never had to wear maternity clothes. 3. Is what you are eating good for the baby? 4. My sister’s/roommate/cousin/friend went through 72 hours of labor. No drugs helped. 5. Why are you…
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“Mommy, why can’t I have chocolate now?” as my four-year-olds scrunchy face is staring at me. I think she is trying to stare me down. My mind races for an answer she might actually hear. I tried simple ‘no’ and that backfired to here. “You cannot have chocolate for breakfast because it would not taste…
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As appeared on Wonder MomsGrowing up I had many friends. There were friends from school and friends from ice skating. When my mom died those friends faded away. They didn’t know how to handle the motherless kid. Slowly I made friends in secondary school who didn’t know my mom. Nonetheless making friends was not my…
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as originally posted at www.momnation.ca Gasp! It is in this moment I ache for help for just one hour. An eye of the clock blasts the fact I have only one hour till deadline. My two-year-old bouncing on my lap, zooming her car. With every other second the question of ‘why?’ comes from my four-year-old…
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My back is starting to scream its painful cramp. I am curled on the couch, literally curled. In my lap is my sick four-year-old daughter. She has a bad cold paired with an ear infection. My two-year-old is conked out in the rocker chair not far away from us. Today would have been the first…
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For the lighter side, here are some fun facts about me. Please feel free to leave a fun fact about yourself. 1. As a kid I loved margarine and ketchup on saltine crackers. 2. I still have a crush on Bryan Adams. My kids know all his songs. 3. Leftover from pregnancies, I can’t eat…
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Happy Birthday to you buddy. Thank you for choosing us as your parents. We love you.
Danielle Christopher 