When my sweet friend, AnnMarie of Tidbits from the Queen of Chaos asked me to check out the new book she was in, The Mother of All Meltdowns, I was all “Yes!!!”. See, I love AnnMarie, I love reading, and I love pure honest story-telling from real mamas. Spending some time with this gem of a book allowed me to visit all of these loves in one shot. Score!!
The premise of this book is simple and perfect: 30 moms are sharing their “tell-all stories” about the times they have had one of Those Moments. It is an easy, excellent read–one that can be fit in the corners of messy bedtimes with preschoolers who need infinite “one last trip to the potty”. I expected the funny, and was delighted with the heart. These gals have good stories, senses of humor, and an obvious love for their kiddos despite the insanity of raising them. Very sweet stuff in my book!
And The Mother of All Meltdowns is so full of treasures…and normalcy. If you could use a dose of “I’m not that crazy” and a good laugh, check this book out ASAP. What will you find when you you snatch it up?
I obviously already crush on AnnMarie. Her story of what happens when you daughter gets ahold of the scissors didn’t disappoint (BTW, AnnMarie–I am totally jealous of Belle’s hair too…) and left me cheering her on vigorously for having the mature reaction that she had.
Danielle Herzog of Martinis and Minivans made me snort with her tale of dumping used pregnancy sticks on her doctor’s receptionist counter. It doesn’t get better than that.
My heart ached for Alexa B. of No Holding Back as she wrote the awkwardness of fielding her way around the cadre of SAHMs and the incredible pain over the loss of her child. And that she managed to work in a reference to the Sweet Valley High books? I think I’m in love with her forever.
Kristi Rieger Campbell’s honesty in her essay, “Soccer Tots: It’s Not For Everybody” is piercing and leaves me wanting to make frequent tracks to her blog, Finding Ninee. She has a gift.
When Rachel Demas of the Tao of Poop said, “I DON’T LIKE BEING KICKED, CLAIRE. STOP. YOU’RE HURTING ME!”. I wondered if she had secretly been in the room during my daughter’s last diaper change. Guess what? I HATE being kicked and more often than not, a good meltdown is on the horizon when my own little gal goes all Kung Fu on me when I am trying to ix-nay her poop. Fist-bumping you solidarity, Rachel!
Janine Huldie of Janine’s Confessions of a Mommyaholic, YES! I feel you on the playdough! Want to start a anti-playdough campaign with me? xo, and go you for rocking it out, sister!
Melissa Swedoski of Home on Deranged had me at her forgotten diaper bag. Honestly, her essay was awesome, but had she just written the words, “I forgot my diaper bag”, I would have had a symapthy card in the mail ASAP. So sorry you had to survive this trauma, Melissa!
And finally, Chris Carter of The Mom Cafe who I have loved for a long time, stole the show for me when she made her daughter a grilled cheese sandwich but forgot the cheese. I love you, my friend. I feel you. Keep rocking it!
Okay, so many other delights in this book, but you’ll forgive me–I have to go wrap up our afternoon errands before I squeeze our time too tight and invite my own mommy meltdown…fine, let’s be real–you know I’m going to have the meltdown anyway. Thanks for keeping it real, awesome ladies. And to the rest of you–go enjoy the book!
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