The paperback edition of The Year My Son and I Were Born is now available here. Find an excerpt, reviews and discussion questions here, and don’t miss the video montage!

In addition, I’m pleased to announce the release of Dance With Them: 30 Stumbling Mothers Catch Glimpses of Grace. Enjoyable as a sequel to The Mother in Me as well as a stand-alone volume, this anthology of personal essays and poetry explores the challenges and rewards of mothering school-age children, beginning on the first notes of middle childhood and concludes with the finale of high school graduation.

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wife of one, mother of seven, memoirist, essayist, editor, nonprofit CEO, practicing Mormon, depression survivor, Down syndrome advocate, Greek-blooded American, WordTwist addict and Radiohead groupie. (Not necessarily in that order.)

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  • Firstborn
    My friend Kristin had a baby last week. Her first. A beautiful, beautiful daughter named Margaret. When I saw the photo I swooned. Now that my baby-making days are far enough behind me I’m free to thoroughly adore the babies of others, whereas a couple of years ago when the transition was still in process [...] […]

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