Confessions Of Super Mom

According to my thirteen-year-old son, every superhero has an origin. My origin is a little embarrassing. I wasn’t put into a rocket and sent to Earth by my parents. I wasn’t bitten by a radioactive spider. No, I was merely the innocent victim of a Horrible Swiffer Accident.… Strange things are happening to divorced mother of two Birdie Lee since the Horrible Swiffer Accident. She can sense danger (for example, a carload of speeding teenagers not wearing their seat belts) and spring into action with superhuman speed. She can find out what her daughter is up to on the Internet without even having to snoop. And she’s got cleaning powers ordinary women can only dream of.… Warm, witty, and full of heart, Confessions of Super Mom is the tale of a woman who dares to take a stand against everything from stubborn stains to smug exs to corporate CEOs—and winds up defeating evil in some very unexpected ways.

“Forget the laundry, forget the dishes, escape into the world of Super Mom for a few hours . . . You’ll be glad you did.”—Meg Cabot, author of The Princess Diaries and Queen of Babble Astro Park’s fearless maternal dynamo is back, battling evildoers—and her own panic, as her daughter learns how to drive and her son gears up for his first date. The action never stops for Birdie Lee, divorced mother of two who became a super-powered suburban avenger after a Horrible Swiffer Accident. Busily fundraising for a brand-new stadium where the kids can play ball, she’s also planning a wedding to her very own Super Man. But soon her Super Mom Sense warns her that something’s wrong with the new stadium. And when she investigates, a shadowy figure tries to toss Super Mom out of the game for good.

Based on the hugely popular Web site, ScaryMommy.com, this book takes an irreverent look at the unglamorous side of parenting and tackles the issues many mothers are too afraid to expose.

Today we moms are busier than ever! It seems that every child from every corner has a different expectation for Mommy, Momma, Mom, or Ma! Time in a day seems too short to get it all done in excellence, but there is a place where we can recharge. That sacred place that holds our superpower for recharge is in a position of prayer. Parties, celebrations, school work, cleaning, cooking, jobs, you name it; we moms need to recharge. Naps aren't good enough, spas don't last long enough, and mini-vacations only leave us wanting more. It is time to pray while we work then stop to allow the Power of prayer to recharge us. Enough with comparing ourselves to others, crying, overeating, being discouraged, or teetering on giving up. It is a new day for us busy moms. It is high time we Power Up, so we can move our children into their destinies. God ordained mothers to do this sacred and very purposeful job, so let's get to it.Super Moms, we can now take our rightful place in an appointed time, so our children can spend a lifetime receiving the benefits from it all. We will wash our capes, dye them if they're faded, keep moving, and PRAY our way into our purpose. Prayer is spiritual but practical enough for us to apply the principles God gives us through His word. We can do this, Mommy! We can do this Momma! We can do this Mom! We can do this, Ma! We are Super in God's mind, so we have no choice but to think like He who created us.

Mothers' hilarious, outrageous, heartfelt admissions "Sometimes I lock myself in the bathroom." "I put an educational DVD on so I could have sex. It wasn't with my husband." Romi Lassally provides a judgment-free zone where women can reveal their mommy misdemeanors. From not feeling like cleaning up vomit in the middle of the night, to barking something completely inappropriate to the children, to wanting to be pawed by hands that aren't covered in jelly, the confessions pour in daily. Heartfelt and hilarious, naughty and nasty, frank and outrageous, the confessions culled together for this book represent the best-or the worst?-of those humbling hidden secrets of motherhood in all its glorious messiness as improvisation and triage. They dare to suggest that it's okay for moms to make mistakes, to have unkind thoughts, to publicly or privately embarrass themselves-and above all to be human.

Parents who are fed up with the pressure to turn their children into star athletes, concert violinists, and merit scholars-all at once!-finally have an alternative: the world of Slacker Moms, where kids learn to do things for themselves and parents can cut themselves some slack; where it's perfectly all right to do less, have less, and spend less. Slacker moms say "No" to parenting philosophies that undermine parents'-and children's-ability to think for themselves. They say "Yes" to saving their money and time by opting out of the parenting competition. And they say "Hell, Yes!" to having a life of their own, knowing it makes them better parents.In this witty and insightful book, author Muffy Mead-Ferro reflects on her experience of growing up on a ranch in Wyoming, where parenting-by necessity-was more hands-off, people "made do" with what they had, and common sense and generational wisdom prevailed. We should all take her sane lead!

I did not cry. The moment came when Heather died; I did not shed a tear. I felt numb, like I was having an out of body experience, and I was watching myself go through the motions. There were things to do; people to call, it was not the time to begin to fall apart. I had just joined an elite club of grieving mothers. This was the club no one talked about or wanted to become a member of. From that moment on my life was getting a makeover that I didnt ask for let alone consent to allowing it to happen. It was beyond my control; I was not given a choice. This was and is my life now. I am a grieving mother for the rest of my life.

Today’s multi-tasking moms are busier than ever! Expectations are high and time is short when it came to kids’ parties and family celebrations and after comparing herself one too many times to the moms who made everything from scratch and feeling like she was letting her kids down, Deborah Stumm came up with a simple solution—making easy but adorable treats that are partially homemade. Most of the treats in The Super Mom’s Guide to Simply Super Sweets for Every Season don’t even involve baking and take no time at all. The book features festive family-friendly recipes that take twenty minutes instead of two hours. Recipes include Oh-So-Easy Santas, Sweetie Pie Pops, Caterpillar Kabobs, Summer Dipped Strawberries, and Sweet & Salty Spiders —over eighty simply, super snacks and sweets. Using everyday ingredients, even kitchen novices will be able to make these creative and corner-cutting treats to celebrate the milestones of winter, spring, summer, and fall. The treats showcased in the book are perfect for home, kids’ parties, entertaining or anytime mom needs to perform in a pinch! Skyhorse Publishing, along with our Good Books and Arcade imprints, is proud to publish a broad range of cookbooks, including books on juicing, grilling, baking, frying, home brewing and winemaking, slow cookers, and cast iron cooking. We’ve been successful with books on gluten-free cooking, vegetarian and vegan cooking, paleo, raw foods, and more. Our list includes French cooking, Swedish cooking, Austrian and German cooking, Cajun cooking, as well as books on jerky, canning and preserving, peanut butter, meatballs, oil and vinegar, bone broth, and more. While not every title we publish becomes a New York Times bestseller or a national bestseller, we are committed to books on subjects that are sometimes overlooked and to authors whose work might not otherwise find a home.