February Book Group

For February, we'll meet Thursday, February 4th and we will be reading Being the Mom: 10 Coping Strategies I Learned by Accident Because I Had Children on Purpose by Emily Watts. I was able to hear Emily Watts speak at Time Out For Women and I was very impressed. I am really excited to read this book.

You will not be able to find this book locally, but it has been around a while so used copies are readily available. For example, amazon.com has 1 cent used copies (plus $3.99 shipping), so you can get it for $4.

Here's a little summary:
"Nothing you can read could ever prepare you for the feelings, the challenges, and the excitements of having children. But the strategies presented in the delightful book can help you cope when you're up to your eyeballs in peanut butter and science projects and mismatched socks.

In Being the Mom, you'll learn some practical strategies for building a strong family that can be comfortable in a variety of situations. Beyond that, you'll figure out how to keep a healthy perspective and your sanity. Strategy 3, for example, "Be discerning: sometimes a one-mile effort is enough," gives mom's license to save their best efforts for the times when they really matter. "Be grateful for the things you have to do" is a gentle reminder that commitment is not such a bad thing. And in "Remember that the years fly by, even though some of the days are mighty long," you'll learn to treasure the wonderful blessing that come with each stage of mothering.

From the often hilarious and always helpful perspective of a real, live mom you'll find that with a lot of love, and a good sense of humor, "being the Mom" can be done lots of ways. Your way may just be better than you thought! Most of all, this will lighten mothers' hearts and make them glad they chose the life they did."

We don't have a host yet for February, so if you would like to open up your home to us, please let me know! Also, if you have any suggestions for books, let me know (fiction or non-fiction). You can email me at apfam@sbcglobal.net

Happy Reading!
Aubrey Patterson