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What do you do when a moose gets loose in your store? What do you say to someone who is being shipped out to war? In the collection of literary short stories by author Mary Hitchcock Cone, Moose Mash and Other Stories (Folkheart Press 2011) these answers will be revealed. Mary is considered to be a short story master but that is not all she is known for. She is also a devoted mother to her...

Today I am going to start this blog out with a plea for some human compassion. Mothers Day 2009 This Sunday.......... Help me make it a wonderful day for those who have been forgotten and lonely. As you know from some of my blogs I work in a nursing home. You have no idea how lonely and depressed some of the women get around Mothers day. Some have outlived their children,some have no...

As Mother’s Day approaches, I’d like to share some of the essays I’ve written about being a mom over the past few years. I often say that my children created me, rather than the other way around, and that raising them and loving them just opened the world to me in ways I could have never imagined before they came into being. I am grateful for that every single day. So here are links to a...

Mother's Day is undoubtedly one of my favorite holidays. Ever since my sweet children were little, I would always love to see for just a day their level of appreciation for all I did. To see their hand-made cards with misspelled, but loving words girdled by drawings of flowers or fish really instills a pleasure within that cannot be described. Being a mother is amazing! Perhaps my favorite...

Mother’s Day is just about here so it seems appropriate to talk about mothers and praise them for what is performing one of the most difficult tasks life has to offer. But that is not what this musing is all about. Having a great mother, one who loves and supports, is a gift beyond measure. But one of the sad facts in life is not all mothers are created equal. Not all mothers devote...

I got up early just to go into my youngest sons bedroom and stare at him sternly. “It is Mothers day. It is a tradition. I want my present.” His eyes opened, he sighed, and wham: “Mothers day is the invention of moralistic confused Kapitalists who wanted to emphasize the mediocar role women play in the bourgoisie households!” “I want it.” “Too bad.” Later I phoned my...

“Hello...Mother? “Which Mother do you want to speak to, honey? We have a LOT of mothers here in Heaven. You’ll have to be more specific, and I don’t have all day. Actually, I do have all day and all of eternity, but I’m really busy, so just give me a name. “Sheesh. I didn’t realize there was a switchboard in Heaven. How fantastic! Just look up The Ancient One. Believe me,...

With Mother’s Day approaching, I am inspired by the wonderful articles and video I watched about breast cancer on Growing Bolder. I grew up being taught to put others before myself and used that analogy throughout my life. I remember many Christmas layaways at our local Kmart that ended with me putting back the things for my husband and myself so our kids could have a good Christmas. Through the...