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What Does Mom Really Want for Mother’s Day?

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Looking for the perfect Mother’s Day gift? Here’s a look at some of the presents that mom wants most:

Cards – Whether they’re heartfelt or humorous, Mother’s Day cards are one of the most popular ways to say how much you care. Each year, more than 141 million cards are sent to moms all around the world. [Read more...]

It’s About Getting in the Water

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My older daughter Emily (she’ll be 10 in August) is on the swim team. She’s been doing it for almost two years now, and I have become a “swim mom.” That means I shlep her to and from practices four times a week, get up early and take her to swim meets, cringe when the judges disqualify her for misplacement of her hand on a particular stroke and revel in her achievement as she wins first in her heat. [Read more...]

5 Hi-tech Mother’s Day Gifts

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Finding the right gift for your mother and grandmother can be a daunting task, but it doesn’t have to be. Here’s a list of five fabulous techie gifts that will delight the special ladies in your life. [Read more...]

A Woman’s Struggle to Become a Mom

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A woman’s struggle to become a mom is now universal. From celebrities to your next door neighbor, most of us know someone who wants to be a mom. Whether the roadblock is infertility, age, finding the right partner, or finances, many women have difficulty becoming moms. Fortunately, women today have many options to make their dreams come true including IVF (in vitro fertilization), surrogacy, and adoption. IVF and surrogacy have made significant advancements through the years and have helped many women achieve their goals. Also, adoption is much more open and accepted, not shrouded in secrecy as it once was. Adoption gives hope to the many children waiting and makes many families complete…. [Read more...]

Mother’s Day Treats for the Whole Family

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Most moms agree — Mother’s Day isn’t about getting lavish gifts. Rather, it’s a time to savor spending time with your children and other loved ones. Make the moms in your life feel extra special this Mother’s Day by feting them for the entire weekend, instead of sharing a single meal or an afternoon visit. Here are a few ways you can make this Mother’s Day the most special one yet:

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Surviving the First Year of Motherhood

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We never feel the situation until we personally experience it. I never knew how much my mother suffered for raising me until I became a mother myself.

Motherhood is hard and even harder than what I thought; no one could ever be compared to a mother. After having my baby girl, I felt my life somehow ended and someone else’s life was the center of my full attention all day and night. [Read more...]

Top Baby Shower Gift Ideas

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Baby showers are a great opportunity to show an expectant mom how much you love her. It can also be a great boon to the mom to be because the best gifts are those that really help prepare for the new arrival. Here are some easy gift ideas for the next baby shower you are invited to attend: [Read more...]

Top 5 Mother’s Day Gifts

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Mother’s Day is the day that you get to shower your Mother how much you appreciate everything she does for you, as a House Cleaner, Taxi Driver, Wife, Spouse and Mother, throughout the year. Show how much you love your Mom or the Mother of your Children this Mother’s Day by showering her with hugs, kisses and adorable Motherhood Gifts, sure to leave her smiling! [Read more...]

The Fears of a Mom at Last

Mom at Last How I Never Gave Up Memoir

Read this Exclusive Excerpt from Mom at Last: How I Never Gave Up On Becoming a Mom, written by Sharon Simons, the Founder of Mom at Last.

Mom at Last How I Never Gave Up Memoir

The baby house hasn’t seen new paint in decades. That’s what they call it, the baby house. Where they keep all the abandoned Russian babies. More precisely, it’s where the state agency keeps all the unwanted Siberian babies, or maybe just the Novokuznetsk babies, the small town we have driven hours to reach. The baby house is concrete block covered in dirty stucco and the facade has a slightly depressing rhythm to it: stucco and window and patches of exposed concrete repeated in long horizontal bands across the front of the building. It doesn’t look anything like a house for babies, wanted or otherwise. [Read more...]