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Mama Matters Nana Chatters

Mother-daughter team Janet Gladstein (Nana) and Jill Meyer (Mama) bring new voices to the non-fiction genre of parenting in their edgy and insightful collection of short stories, Mama Matters, Nana Chatters. Combining Jill’s humorous anecdotes illustrating a frazzled mom at the crux of motherhood and career with Janet’s nostalgic reflections as a mother and new outlook as a grandmother, their individual perspectives on motherhood and life will have readers laughing, crying, and most of all validating their feelings and realizing they are not alone.

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Genius Mama Moment: How I Aquired 30 More Minutes of Sleep

By: Mama on Thursday, February 23rd, 2012

In a rare moment of Mama Genius, I contrived a way to bank an extra 30 minutes of sleep in the morning. While the increased daylight hours work wonders to improve my mood, the earlier sunrise also works against me since the moment a ray of sunshine creeps through her blinds, Abigail bolts out of [...]

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Nana Natters: I Know I’m A Pain In The Neck, But….

By: Nana on Thursday, February 23rd, 2012

Like many other Nanas, I realize that I am sometimes considered to be a pain in the butt when putting in my 2 cents about how to discipline the grandkids; acting like a real wise guy in the parenting department. I give suggestions, dish out criticisms, and believe my way of doing things is right. [...]

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Nana Natters: True Confessions

By: Nana on Tuesday, February 7th, 2012

When our lives get overloaded and the stress takes over, I wonder what it is that prevents most of us from fessing up and admitting that we’re depleted and drained. Why do we feel we need to keep going, make justifications, excuses, and apologies? We tend to label ourselves as failures if we’re not able [...]

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