The Mother’s Day Wishlist

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It’s that time of year again ladies! A day when flowers, chocolates, and, for a lucky few, spa gift certificates are distributed to the hard-working moms of America. Interestingly enough, many of the moms I know don’t really care about those material things. Don’t get me wrong, I’ve never met a woman who would turn [...]

Unique Mother’s Day Gifts

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With Mother’s Day fast approaching, I had the opportunity to check out PersonalCreations.com for unique Mother’s Day gifts.  Every year, I usually just pick up the phone and call a florist to deliver flowers.  It was nice to see the personalized options available on the site. (** Full disclosure: PersonalCreations.com did supply me with a [...]

Is Mom the Third Gender?

Can you tell I come from a newspaper background? Even though papers are a media dinosaur, I still love ‘em. Here’s one reason: Killer editorial columns (the original blog). The Boston Globe‘s Ellen Goodman wrote one today that I had to share. It’s about how despite all the sentimentality about moms for Mother’s Day, society [...]

Stuff My Mother Taught Me

In honor of Mother’s Day on Sunday, WMAG pays tribute this week to our favorite working moms. We’re also cross-posting these tributes at Work It, Mom!, the new online community for professional moms, which is partnering with MomsRising on this project. If you have a working mom to give props to (and who doesn’t?), add [...]

Tribute to a Working Grandma Against Guilt

In honor of Mother’s Day on Sunday, WMAG pays tribute this week to our favorite working moms. We’re also cross-posting these tributes at Work It, Mom!, the new online community for professional moms, which is partnering with MomsRising on this project. If you have a working mom to give props to (and who doesn’t?), add [...]

Million Dollar Momma

I love to read the New York Times on Sundays, but sometimes I wonder who, exactly, the newspaper staff is writing for. Certainly people with a heck of a lot more disposable income than I have. Case in point: the story in today’s Style section that features Mother’s Day gift suggestions. (To see the article, [...]