Hello friends,
As all of my energy and time become wholly consumed by the LTYM 2013 shows (Are you near one? Go see one!), I decided to give you words from a few blog-friends-turned-famous-authors .
Each author featured below is giving away one copy of their book as a little mom’s day gift to the lucky winner!
Jill Smokler aka Scary Mommy’s new book makes the perfect gift for any mom or mom-to-be that loves irreverent humor and a no-frills look at the beautiful disaster of parenting. My favorite line in the book occurs when Jill is picking out a puppy to take home and feel guilty looking at its mom “As we locked eyes, mother to mother, she gave me a look of sheer relief…Better you than me. Better you than me.”
Wildly-successful humor columnist (and LTYM: NYC 2013 cast member—WOOT) Tracy Beckerman’s new book garnered rave reviews. The above New York Times bestselling author Jill Smokler says of Lost In Suburbia “If you’ve ever looked at your suburban life with kids and wondered how the hell you got there, this book is for you.”
The charming and hilarious Lela Davidson (LTYM: Northwest Arkansas Director—WOOT) has a new book of humor essays out. Tracy Beckerman above describes Lela as “the hilarious bad mother you’ll want for your best friend.” I describe her as an incredibly hard working author/speaker/publisher/etc etc who somehow manages to make time to keep all of her fans laughing and coming back for more.
FAB humor blogger and LTYM: Oklahoma Co-Producer [WOOTWOOTWOOT] Heather Davis’ new book is not for the faint-of-Spanx. “From behind her shower door to her wide-open mini van door, as-seen-on-TV humorist Heather Davis riffs on the truly TMI of marriage and children.” – Ann Imig, Stay At Home Humorist (Hey! She should really print that on her title page…)
For those looking for a break from the mom-humor genre, Writer Pauline Campos, founder of girlbodypride.com, edited an ebook of beautiful and powerful essays about women, identity, and self-acceptance by some of your favorite bloggers Lissa Rankin, Therese Walsh, Mercedes Yardley, Leslie Marinelli, Jessi Sanfillippo, Carol Cain, Jeanne V. Bowerman, Abigail Green, Leslie Marinelli, Sue O’Lear, Elan “Schmutzie” Morgan, Kim Tracy Prince, Heather Palmquist, Shoshana Rachel, and Alexandra Rosas.
And for all of you YA fans and writers out there I have two incredibly talented friends giving away new books. Rita Arens of Surrender Dorothy is Senior Editor for BlogHer, Editor of the acclaimed Sleep Is For The Weak, and just published her first YA novel described by Jenny Lawson, The Bloggess, as “Lovely, evocative, painful and joyful all in one … much like high school.” Hear Rita read an essay as part of the LTYM: Kansas City cast (WOOT again WOOT).
Una LaMarche (LTYM: NYC 2012 alum! WOOT!) is renown for her inimitable sense of humor and keen memory for her 1980’s childhood, making her the perfect wordsmith for a coming-of-age book about summer camp…“four best friends, five summers of memories.” Watch the trailer here. Her book comes out May 13th and is already available for pre-order.
So leave a comment below for a chance to win. With 7 books—well that’s…let’s see..SEVEN CHANCES TO WIN! All you have to do is leave a comment telling me a sweet or funny Mother’s Day memory. I’ll pick winners randomly and the authors will ship you their book (must live in the US). TA-DAA!
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Madison friends, neighbors, and luke-warm acquaintances please join us for the 4th annual LTYM show at The Barrymore next Sunday on Mother’s Day 5/12 at 3pm. Ticket info here.
One year when we had a particularly early spring, all the girls in my family thought we should spend Saturday outside lounging in lawn chairs getting some “color” for Mother’s Day brunch. (Yes, this was back when people still tanned.) We are a fair-skinned bunch so the color turned out to be fire engine red. I still remember that brunch vividly. Not the food, not the restaurant but the agony of sitting with sunburned legs on a sticky vinyl chair. Ouch.
This is perfect! I was just trying to figure out what to get my mom for Mother’s Day… pick me! Pick me! 🙂
My memory is from two years ago: my husband and I were engaged (no children). On Mother’s Day, he said he wanted to take me out for ice cream to celebrate. I asked why, since I wasn’t a mother…?
He replied: “Because you’re the future mother of my children.”
I think he just wanted ice cream, and was looking for an excuse, but I let him treat me anyway!
My mother was notoriously unsentimental about things like Mother’s Day, made no bones about the fact that she hated breakfast in bed and flowers and the like. Which made it kind of difficult to find things to do for her. One year, though, when I was about 11, I found the perfect card: it had a punch-out sign that she could wear around her neck, and it said,”Happy Mother’s Day. Now leave me alone.” She loved it. (Today, I kind of feel the same way, especially since ours is a two-mama household.)
For the past two years I’ve celebrated Mother’s Day with my new husband’s sweet family. (We were high school sweethearts and were reunited 23 years – and 2 divorces (one for each of us, to be clear) – later). His dad takes the entire family out for lunch at the same restaurant every year (and has been doing so for many, many years). I love that they make such a big deal out of celebrating all of the moms (grandmothers, mom, daughters who are now moms and daughter-in-laws). He always has such sweet things to say and I’m just really honored to get to be a part of that now. YAY!
Pick Me! Pick Me! Is it horrible that I don’t have one memory of Mother’s Day? Now I need to call my mom…
Oh, I want to get Sassy’s book! I’m sure it’s going to be great.
you are my favorite. I’m not trying to win. Just saying thank you for including Strong Like Butterfly in this List of Awesome.
My fond memory of Mother’s Day is from last year, my first as a mom. I ran a 5k and went to a spa. Also I ate a fabulous piece of bundt cake. I would love to win any of these but I already have Davis’s on my Nook.
my husband always did a good job w/ the kids on mother’s– breakfast in bed, etc. those are good memories!
One year recently my mother just didn’t want to have to do anything on Mother’s Day aside from relax, and neither did I. My daughter and I ended up going to visit my mom in our pj’s and she left hers on too and we just relaxed together for a bit.
It’s the lady with the megaphone! SHE will always be LTYM for me.
xo
One year, way back when I was slinging my single mother days, my mom and I got in a huge fight because neither of us felt appreciated enough. Forget the cooks in the kitchen, when you get too many princesses in there all hell breaks loose. We ended up making up over Starbucks and bought each other the exact same mug.
Oh I love it! Favorite mother’s day memory definitely has to be the handmade cards and presents that my children have given me. I always love seeing all the work that they’ve put in just for me.
I don’t have any Mother’s Day memories. Is that bad?
Heather
How about this one? My friend has twins who were born a few days before my eldest son. At 5 while they were sweet and affectionate, my son would barely touch me. That Mother’s Day my friend posted pictures of the beautiful cards her children had written her. They listed all the reasons why she was the best mom ever. Later that day I opened my card from my son, hoping it would be as sweet. Instead the card had one word written in it. “Pirate” *sigh
One Mother’s Day my sister’s family and my husband decided to surprise my mom. She was returning home from a trip that day and we had told her we “wouldn’t be able to make it” to see her that day. We all arrived before they got home and hid in the other room. However, we decided to leave my then 2 year old nephew sitting in his high chair right next to the door. She walked in and he yelled “nana!” It was adorable 🙂
Oh ya, and I was there too. Left that out!
One of my favorite Mother’s Day memories was two years ago. All I wanted was to go to Mass, take a free yoga class, and have my husband grill out supper. It was the first time as a mother myself that I got to do exactly what I wanted to do that day. That permission made me change the way I had been parenting and eventually led me to LTYM.
Mothers day us always special. This mother’s day, my Mom us visiting from Florida so I am very excited!