The Mother's Guide to the Meaning of Life: What Being a Mom Has Taught Me about Resiliency, Guilt, Acceptance, and Love

by Amy Krouse Rosenthal

Overview

Bestselling author Amy Krouse Rosenthal’s warm and hilarious guide to motherhood

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781510731035
Publisher:	Skyhorse
Publication date:	05/02/2017
Pages:	136
Product dimensions:	5.00(w) x 6.80(h) x 0.20(d)

About the Author

Amy Krouse Rosenthal (1965-was a mother of three and the author of many award-winning books for children and adults, including I Wish You More and Encyclopedia of an Ordinary Life. She was a contributor to the TED conference and NPR. She passed away in March, 2017.

Table of Contents

Acknowledgments xi

Cast of Characters xiii

Introduction: Go Putting an End to Not Starting 1

Insight: Words That Move a Mother 8

Lesson 1 Such a Nice Chapter: On Displeasing Some of the People Some of the Time 12

Insight: The Essential Traits of a Mother 17

Lesson 2 Running Away: Are You Still a Good Mother if You Fantasize about Bailing for a Few Hours … Or Years? 23

Insight: A Mother's Essential Reading 29

Lesson 3 Learning to Walk: After 35 Years, I'm Learning How 32

Mother Wit What If We Could Age Nonsequentially? A Cameo Wendy Abrams 37

Lesson 4 (Mom)E-Mail: A Friend in Need Is a Friend Online 39

Insight: A Mother's Heroes 50

Lesson 5 Magic Wand: Trading In the Old You 52

Mother Wit: A Mother's Hidden Talents 60

Lesson 6 Ruts, Frogs, and Jellybeans: On Getting Unstuck 61

Mother Wit: A Rhyming Summary of the Universe 70

Lesson 7 Snapshots from My Guilt Trip: No Matter What You Forget to Pack, It All Works Out in the End 75

Mother Wit: Waiting in Line for My Teenagers: A Cameo by Barb Cooke 83

Lesson 8 Life Sentence: A Stream of the Unconscionable 91

Insight: The Music of Motherhood 96

Lesson 9 6:30 P.M., Central Standard Time: How Changing Our Dinner Plans Changed Our Lives 99

Mother Wit The Cherry Falls from the Tree: A Cameo Daniel Spatucci 105

Lesson 10 Scotch Tape on the Ukulele: Welcome to Self-importance 108

Mother Wit: Lollipop Tree 115

Lesson 11 Touch the Sock: Knocking on Wood and Other Prayers 116

Grocery List 123

Punchlist for Contractor 124

Questions for Parent/Teacher Conference 125

Phone Messages 126

Corrections 128

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