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USA: Woven: Telling the Stories of Our Loved Ones in Life and Death
This summer, we found out that my grandpa has cancer in the bile duct of his liver. This word is not new to my family. In 2010, we lost my grandma to a five year battle with ovarian cancer. But, what is new is my children’s awareness of what is happening now as...
EYE ON CULTURE: INDONESIA: Magical Icons of Bali
Sit back and take a trip with us to the Pacific, where World Mom, Orana Velarde, reports on the majestic Balinese culture... Every place in the world has icons that represent it, an image recreated in all sorts of knickknacks and souvenirs for visitors to take home;...
WORLD VOICE: Are These on Your To-Do List? #GlobalGoals
Every organized mom knows that the key to getting things done is a good to-do list. That goes for parents of toddlers or teens...and for world leaders, too! That's why I'm so excited that this past week in New York City, world leaders at the United Nations...
POLAND: The Unimportance of “Things”
Eight thousand pounds, ten suitcases, three car seats, and a mammoth-sized double stroller. That is how we move from place to place. Our lives measured in mass. The "things" we take with us as we circumnavigate the globe. Every time we pack up and unpack I ask myself,...
ONTARIO, CANADA: Forty and Freaking Out
Our family has gone through some serious upheaval over the past two years. We’re talking big city to small town relocation, major job changes, the birth of our youngest, and the final resignation of my job as I officially became a stay at home mom (SAHM) for an...
INDIA: Of Cellotape and Glue
In this post, World Mom, Piya Mukherjee in India has shared an excerpt from her motherhood diary. Many of us have gone through this same experience with our children when they were small, but ever did we think a mom on the other side of the world was playing the same...
SAUDI ARABIA: Women Achieve the Right to Vote
In 2011 King Abdullah (God rest his soul) declared that Saudi women would have the right to vote and run in the municipal elections in 2015. When I first heard the news of women being allowed to vote and nominate themselves I imagine many women felt as I did,...
SOCIAL GOOD: See The Future Unfold With Save The Children
From the time I knew that I was pregnant, I was doing things to nurture my child’s development: I sang to him, placed speakers on my belly so he could hear classical music, narrated my day and what the world looked like “on the outside,” My son’s first read-aloud...
NETHERLANDS: Sleepless Nights
I felt it rushing over me like waves of ice cold water. Overwhelming me. Heldback tears stung in my eyes. With my knees pressed tight against my abdomen, I gripped my head with my hands. Silent sobs began to surface from deep within. Trying to swallow them down made...
CALIFORNIA, USA: Bad Mom
From time to time, I got questions like, “Why do you send your baby to day care when you’re staying at home all day long?” or “Why don’t you cook everyday? Don’t you have plenty of time at home?” I just shrugged and said, “because I am a bad mom.” You see, my little...
INDONESIA: What You Didn’t Know About the #WorldMoms
There they were… I walked up to them with a big smile on my face, feeling all excited. “I’m sorry I got lost!” I gave Ruth a big hug. She smiled the most genuine smile and said it’s fine. Susan was next. We hugged as if we’ve met before. From afar, it may have looked...
LESOTHO: The Basotho and me
In death we bond The Basotho and me On a glorious morning I heard your scream When the death bell tolled The pain in your cries As I rubbed your back Connected us Me a cultural stranger You huddled in your tearful sorrow A young life departed A friend is gone A...
WORLD VOICE: Lifting Myself Up With Strength Training
"You've got big muscles, Mom!" my six-year-old giggled as he poked at my legs. "I've got muscles like you too," he flexed his biceps and smiled proudly. He has been watching me get stronger physically through strength training, but he's observing much more than me...
USA: Feeling Tired, World Moms?
Being a parent and, thus, caregiver, if it was my kid who was feeling this way, I’d be at the doctor’s office in a heart beat. Why when it was myself, the appointment with my doctor was put on the backburner? We can’t forget to put our own oxygen masks on.
USA: Au Revoir and Thank You, Madame Warren
One day this spring, after taking the kids out to dinner, I checked my Facebook feed before I set out to drive home. I saw the news that my high school French teacher, Mrs. Warren, had passed away. I began to drive home, and I felt such an emptiness, and I began to...
NEW JERSEY, USA: Goodies vs. Baddies
One of the perks of being a mom is that your kids look up to you. You are their personal super hero, you walk on water. Nobody comes close to your ankle. No president, demi-god, big cheese CEO. No one. Because no matter how powerful, awesome or exceptional these...
Back to School Around the World!
Although the weather in New Jersey, USA feels like the summer is still going strong, the school buses around my neighborhood are one of the signs of fall. Just last week my 7-year-old son started his adventures in public school by taking the school bus for the first...
JORDAN: The Most Important Things Out of Education
September is the month of renewal for parents, educators and children, as they return to school to start a new academic year. The smell of the starch in the children’s shirts and the taste of the anticipation and excitement in the air was almost palpable today as I...
INDONESIA: Kites as Pastime or Offering to the Gods?
Dry season on the island of Bali brings along some really strong winds; the whistling, tree bending kind. It’s still extremely hot, but at least the afternoon winds are refreshing, making it the perfect conditions for kite flying season. This year I promised...
USA: The Mother on a Refugee Boat
I have a story about being a mother and a refugee. It was 1949, in the middle of Chinese civil war. A mother trying to escape from the war-torn China got on a refugee boat in Guangzhou with her 3-year-old and 1-year-old. The boat was sailing to Kaohsiung. Soon after...
TEXAS, USA: What I Forgot
It happened very slowly. It started when my children were small and needed so much attention. They consumed most of my day and by the end of those early days, I was completely spent. I could barely hold my eyes open to read a book before bed let alone hold a...
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