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Posted May 11th, 2012 by Anita
“Your mom is so reasonable, all our punishments fit our crimes!” momsdaycard.com — Jake Brewer (@jakebrewer) May 11, 2012 Love this. RT @fissionstrategy: Looking 4 the perfect e-card 4 #MothersDay? @MomsRising has got u covered: momsdaycard.com/index2.php — Jay Carmona (@jaycarmona) May 11, 2012 A funny #MothersDay video from @MomsRising! Watch & laugh here: [...]
Posted May 11th, 2012 by Jennifer Tyrrell
Mother’s Day has always been a special day for me — a time to celebrate my mother, grandmothers, but most importantly, my children. It’s they, after all, who make Mother’s Day (and every day) a day worth remembering. But this Mother’s Day, I won’t be able to celebrate with all my kids. Well, to say [...]
Posted May 11th, 2012 by Thao Nguyen
This mother’s day – I’d like to share an oldie but goodie blog post about the importance of moms in our lives, and how critical it is to provide them with the safety nets that they provide their children every day. This year, three of my four sisters are celebrating their first or second Mother’s [...]
Posted May 11th, 2012 by Mallika Dutt
As you read this, the U.S. Supreme Court is considering key elements of Arizona’s SB1070 — one of the most outrageously harsh anti-immigration laws our nation has ever seen. As the Court deliberates, the rampant racial profiling and blatant discrimination encouraged by SB1070 continue to devastate individuals, economies and communities in Arizona. And though a [...]
Posted May 11th, 2012 by Martha Burk
As with every Mother’s Day, millions of moms will get flowers and candy this Sunday, along with sticky pancakes or burnt toast lovingly prepared by husbands and kids turned cooks-for-a-day. As individuals, we’re pretty fond of our mothers. But as a nation we don’t value motherhood all that much. We lag far behind Europe in [...]
Posted May 11th, 2012 by Miriam Feffer
Meet Annie Spiegelman, a Bay Area mom who blogs as “The Dirt Diva” on matters of love, gardening, and cultivating a healthy planet. Just in time for Mother’s Day, Annie shares her interview with Rachel’s Network Co-Director Laurie Syms on the evidence that women in Congress, regardless of party, support the environment at rates that outpace [...]
Posted May 11th, 2012 by Genevieve Colvin
TIME Magazine just became another self-appointed arbiter of “Mommy Judgment” by trying to inflame the Mommy Wars with their exploitative cover of a young mother standing like a mudflap girl and breastfeeding her 3, maybe 4 year old. The byline: “Are you Mom enough?” The answer is, as soon as you have a baby, YOU [...]
Posted May 10th, 2012 by Claire Moshenberg
Welcome to Toddler Thursdays! Every Thursday, visit the MomsRising blog for crafts and recipes for toddlers and preschoolers, as well as news and tips on childcare and early education. This week, we’re celebrating Mother’s Day with easy homemade gift ideas for toddlers! Be sure to visit the MomsRising Pinterest page and our Mother’s Day and [...]
Posted May 10th, 2012 by Kristin Rowe-Finkbeiner
Do your kids argue? Or did they when they were younger? Here’s a hilarious Mother’s Day fantasy just for you! Click here: http://www.momsdaycard.com/index2.php Happy nearly Mother’s Day!!! – Kristin, Joan, Monifa, Elisa, Ashley, Nanette, Sarah, Julie, Sarah, Anita, Ruth, Claire, Donna, Mary, and Gloria
Posted May 10th, 2012 by Laura Kaloi
When we put our children on the bus or drop them off at school all we really want is for them to learn, to be safe and to return home ready to turn around and do it again – for thirteen years! We also hope they really like it. I don’t think many of us [...]
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