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CANADA: Married With Children
“I did it! After ten years of living in sin, the births of two children, and a seventeen-month engagement, I succeeded in walking down the aisle without tripping over my wedding dress (a dress that was made by my mother-in-law and was wayyyyy prettier than the one that English chick wore when she married that prince dude).”
SOUTH CAROLINA, USA: Mom Banned From Swimming
“I am being paid to watch another child as a side job…Tonight, this child’s father told me that his wife is uncomfortable with water and doesn’t want me taking their child to the pool unless my husband is also there. Please hear me out before you side completely with his parents…
NEW ZEALAND: Bye-Bye Boobies
“I stood in bra and undies in front of a full-length mirror, for the first time in ages and came home to tell Craig that I didn’t look like myself anymore. It turned out he already knew, but bless him – he’s never let on. “
NEW JERSEY, USA: Catapulted by Mothers
“To the mothers of today: It doesn’t matter if you personally have had a good mother or a not so good mother. This force, this building block, this world tree of all the mothers that have come before us has catapulted us and gave us life.”
Travel Itinerary for the Week of May 9th!
It's the day after Mother's Day on Monday for some countries of the world. Get ready to start off your week with some deep thoughts on motherhood by Veronica Samuels from New Jersey, USA. She will have you thinking in her post, "Catapulted by Mothers!" Tuesday, join...
Friday Question: Best Mother’s Day Gift?
While not all, but a great number of countries recognize Mother's Day on the second Sunday of May, this week we asked our writers... "What is the best gift you could receive for Mother's Day?" Here is what some of our World Moms said... Maggie Ellison of South...
NORWAY: Mummy or Mamma?
As we live in Norway, we expect that our son will probably learn Norwegian first because it is the language that is spoken everywhere, and it is, of course, on the radio and the telly a lot. However, English is prevalent in Norway, as well. Children, here, will start to learn English in school from around the age of 6 (in my day we didn’t start until the age of 9).
NEW JERSEY, USA: My Family is My Home
“We purchased our home about a year before the collapse of the U.S. Housing Bubble. As a result, our home is now worth anywhere between $100,000 – $150,000 less than what we paid.”
WASHINGTON, USA: The Importance of a Life Long Friend
“I have known Jen since elementary school, and we have stayed close throughout our lives. The thing about really life-long friends is that they get to be part of your make up. Now, Jen and I are not carbon copies of each other. Far from it. She lives in the city, is covered in beautiful tattoos, and is pursuing yet another amazing professional degree. I am an ink-free, stay at home mom of two boys who lives out in the sticks. But, through the many evolutions of our individual lives, the thread between us has only grown stronger.”
INDIA: Entertaining Kids During Summer Holidays
and now fast forward to the present day and, it is summer holidays for my son. He will be in the next grade sometime in mid June. And I have 2 full months stretching in front of me that I should keep him entertained not only in the most educative way but also with fun things in mind.
Travel Itinerary for the Week of May 2nd!
Meet us in India this Monday with the Alchemist! She tells us what she has planned for her son for summer break. How do you entertain your kids during the summer? ** Updated ** Tuesday, hop a flight with us to Seattle to hear from Tara B.! Tara talks about how her...
Friday Question: Why do you blog?
Today’s Friday Question comes to us from our founder, Veronica Samuels. This week she asked our writers… "Why do you blog?" And here are the responses from some of our World Moms... Alison Lee of Malaysia writes: “I love to write and I'm pretty opinionated and where...
GUEST POST: AUSTRALIA: Becoming Powerful Over Alcohol
“For most of these four years, not many people knew about any of this except for my family members, closest friends and, of course, the two innocent witnesses, my children. My shame about this disease was so great that I went to any length to hide the suffering that my addiction was causing me and those around me.”
WASHINGTON, USA: Running on Empty
“I had saved all of my oldest daughter’s clothes and my baby girl wore them, too. I’ve even taken pictures of them in the same outfit at the same age. How bittersweet…the baby is growing…and we’re done having babies.”
MINNESOTA, USA: Your Compliments Might Be Damaging Their Self Esteem
My friend Dana, a phenomenal teacher and mother, reminded me to keep learning and continue practicing parenting when she posed, “People read and learn everything they need to know about jobs and hobbies, but when it comes to parenting, when was the last time that most people read a book? Heard a speaker? Changed what they did simply because it wasn’t working?”
MALAYSIA: Less of a Baby, More of a Boy
“We are a pretty unique family, I think. I’m Malaysian-Chinese, my husband is Australian-Libyan and our son is Libyan-Chinese, born in Australia, and right now, we live in Malaysia.
In this day and age, merging of cultures and races appears to be the norm, rather than the exception. This of course, makes for exciting times. Our son will grow up in a multicultural, multilingual environment, which I hope, will result in a well-rounded individual.”
Travel Itinerary for the Week of April 25th
We are starting this week with a brand new writer, Alison from Malaysia! Alison talks about the joys and challenges that arise when our babies start changing from babies to little boys or girls. On Tuesday we are back in the United States, joining Galit Breen in...
Friday Question: Any white lies to your mother/mother-in-law/auntie regarding family habits?
Back in January, we asked our World Moms if they had ever told their child(ren) a white lie http://worldmomsblog.com/2011/01/14/friday-question-have-you-told-a-little-white-lie/. Now Ambre French wants to know... "Have you told any white lies to your mother,...
INDIA: The Miracle of Life
“Yet, my great-grandma wouldn’t despair. She had been waiting for a little one of her own for 16 long years, and she was going to keep this one, even if it killed her. The baby needed constant warmth – so she wrapped the babe in a woolen sock (he was small enough to fit into a sock!). Next, she filled an empty cardboard box with hay and made a mini-incubator. She then attended to the baby round-the-clock to the exclusion of all else.”
ARKANSAS, USA: When We Were Young
“We spent the tenth and eleventh grades of high school like small time mobsters. Together, we schemed and plotted our way through boys, parties, bottles of Strawberry Hill, poorly rolled joints and NWA cassette tapes. It was her idea to write two sets of plans for everything we did: one for our parents and one for what we actually set out to do. I might have been the smarter criminal but she was meticulous in the note keeping.”
MASSACHUSETTS, USA: The Bare Necessities
“The tsunami in Japan, earthquake in New Zealand and Hurricane Katrina are recent cases that warrant the necessity of having a Go-bag for yourself and your family. It’s a bag that you pack and hope you will never need.”
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