Every year, millions of women wait with anticipation as they watch their test strip change from white to pink, thus beginning the awesome adventure of becoming a mother. This latest Chicken Soup book will find a place in the loving hearts and anxious minds of expectant mothers (and some fathers, too!).
Chicken Soup for the New Mom's Soul is a collection of stories from the hearts of mothers, old and new, about the most amazing and profound experience in a woman's life-the birth of her first child.
Every single parent has a different story to tell, but a common thread of hope and comfort unites them all.
Whether you work full time or part time, in an office or from your home, or are a stay-at-home moms Chicken Soup for the Working Mom's Soul is for you.
My freshman year roommate in college, upon meeting me for the first time, breathed an audible sigh of relief and exclaimed, “Victoria Ashby Grantham! I was sure you'd be a blonde in headtotoe Laura Ashley, lobbying for high tea.
Jason always seemed to need extra time with his schoolwork. He came to my attention when he entered my fifthgrade class. He did not seem focused and would often look out the window. When he took a test, he would be only halfway finished ...
It is, after all, teh hardest job anyone can do. This collection is just a small taste of the ways some of our contributors have expressed gratitude for their mothers' love and devotion.
But it is also an enriching and rewarding life, and the stories shared in this book by working moms will show you that it's not important to be 'Super Mom' all the time, just some of the time!
With chapters on Memorable Moments, small miracles, challenges, expectant fathers and special delivery, this book will tug at your heart, abate any fears, and remind you that, morning sickness and sleep deprivation aside, becoming a mother ...
A bonus book, a no-holds-barred memoir by cancer patient Elizabeth Bayer, is bound into this volume, after the full-length Chicken Soup for the Soul book.
Reprinted by permission of Therese Brady Donohue. ©2001 Therese Brady Donahue. Blessings. Reprinted by permission of Colleen Foye Bollen ©2000 Colleen Foye Bollen. The Prom That Almost Wasn't. Reprinted by permission of Kate Clabough.