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Subscribe to Mothering Matters and Maybe Win a Memory Mug!   “Not what we have but what we enjoy constitutes our abundance.” – Epicurus As of Monday May 11th, 2015, the Mothering Matters blog series is underway…yahoo! If you would like to join the discussion on all sorts of subjects related to mothering and motherhood, *subscribe now … Read more

Mum’s the Word on Mother’s Day

 Mum’s the Word on Mother’s Day    “Mothers are all slightly insane.”  ― J.D. Salinger, The Catcher in the Rye According to Wikipedia, “Mum’s the word” is a saying related to an expression used by Shakespeare in Henry VI, Part 2. It means to keep quiet, to say nothing. For “Mum” is a Middle English word meaning “silent.” Now, my Mom was … Read more