Tricia informed me that I am in charge of picking a book for March. I picked the book for February (not having read it before) and while I am enjoying The Thirteenth Tale (I'm only halfway through) I realized that I probably broke Rule #2 because there are a couple not-so-clean parts in that book. So, I have chosen It Takes a Mother for March because I think it will conform to Rules #2 and #3 and be uplifting for all! I've heard great things about it! Here's a little description from Good Reads:"While the old African proverb of 'it takes a village to raise a child' sounds appealing, perhaps the realities of life are more accurately conveyed in the story of The Little Red Hen. 'Who will help me potty train my child?' asks the mother, 'Not I,' says the village. 'Who will help me clean up this third glass of spilt milk?' asks the mother. 'Not I,' says the village. 'Who will help put braces on my child's teeth?' asks the mother. 'Not I,' says the village. 'Who wants to use my child to further their own political agendas?' asks the mother. 'WE DO,' says the village.
The irony of motherhood is that there has not been a spokesperson for mothers because those who feel most passionately are simply too busy. They're too busy running the car pools, doing the laundry, shopping for the groceries and the 1,001 other things, which are required to sustain life. Some have tried, but really, when was the last time Oprah plopped down her last ten dollar bill for a bag of Huggies and a gallon of milk?
Full time Mom, Colleen Down, has decided to ignore her buzzing dryer and ringing phone long enough to stand up and defend those whose profession it is to rock the cradle, and to remind them once again that they truly do have the power to change the world.
It Takes a Mother to Raise a Village is a humorous look at the joys and frustrations of being a mother of seven, ranging from preschool to college. It Takes a Mother to Raise a Village also takes a serious look at how important the role of a mother is in dealing with the problems that face us in the new millennium. If it takes a mother to raise the village it is also going to take all of the mothers to save the village."
It's available for $12.95 new on Amazon as low as $2.35 used.
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I'm looking forward to joining the group! (Thanks for letting me join by the way). We'll see if I can get February's started in tume but if not I'll look forward to March's book! If you need some more suggestions for books "A Month of Sundays" is a good one. Anything by Louise Plummer is good too. I've read "A Dance for Three" and it was good. I totally balled through the whole thing. She's an LDS author and he books really are pretty good. Aside from that, I'm currently re-reading "Dicey's Song" and the rest of the books from that series. Thanks again for letting me join and happy reading!
Yeah!!! Welcome Joanna! :) Sounds like you've got lots of great suggestions which is awesome! We actually need someone to choose a book for the month of April. You interested?
So last night I read the chapter that starts out talking about guilt, and I can totally relate! It seems like so much of what we do (or don't do) is lingered over by some sort of feeling of guilt. I also liked her chapter about needing social interaction and I thought of how Annette and I would sometimes only talk about Alias on her front porch or mine, but it always helped!
Those were the good old days! We really should find a new show to talk about...
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