A mom and a stepmom share stories, ideas, friendship and family
No One’s the Bitch is a blog by a mom-stepmom team about building happy mom-stepmom realtionships. Jen (the mom) and Carol (the stepmom) are close friends now, but they didn’t start out that way at all. Jen has knocked the ball out of the park with two must-read posts in the last few days:
How to [...]
Posted in Links on Jan 3rd, 2008
Moojo Cafe: peace begins here - A poem about that universal first feeling that pops up when you find yourself stuck in a conflict: “i like the idea of / ‘peace begins here’ / it’s just that i want peace / to begin after i’ve had / my say, thank you very much!“ (more)
Sounds [...]
Posted in Quotes on Dec 20th, 2007
“Santa, bring peace to my heart. Help me be an instrument of peace in all I do. That is my Christmas wish.” — Posie Gets Cozy
Posted in Books on Dec 13th, 2007
The Anatomy of Peace: Resolving the Heart of Conflict by the Arbinger Institute
Every so often I pick up a book and it transforms my life. What was it Kafka said about books? “A book must be an ice-axe to break the sea frozen inside us.” This book did that for me.
If I could only recommend [...]
Posted in Quotes on Dec 5th, 2007
When Mother Teresa received the Nobel Peace Prize in 1979, one of the questions she was asked was, “What can we do to promote world peace?” Her answer was, “Go home and love your family.”
I think the importance of moms and stepmoms working to get along can’t be overstated. If women who care for the [...]
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