Discovering Motherhood

From the editors of Welcome Home, a beautifully illustrated book exploring the transitions, realities, and rewards of motherhood.

Softcover book
80 pages

Fully illustrated, by artist Susan Somerfield Stoffle

Discovering Motherhood gathers carefully selected personal essays, informative articles, poetry, and humor from more than fifty authors to convey the essence of a home-centered life. The articles we have collected affirm the critical importance of nurturing and note the subtle, daily interactions out of which trusting relationships are built. They explore the potential for personal growth to be realized through mothering. They offer women support, insight, and a sense of community. Delicate illustrations enhance the warm tone throughout the book's five sections.

Read excerpts from Discovering Motherhood: A Note from the Editors, The Road Less Traveled, and Transitions.

See the Table of Contents of Discovering Motherhood.

Read What Other Mothers Have to Say about our book.

**Table of Contents**
A Note from the Editors Redefining Ourselves The Road Less Traveled by Robin Morris Transitions by Heidi L. Brennan I'm Not the Person I Was by Pam Svoboda What Do I Want out of Life? by Susan Koshute Maternal Instinct by Judy Lindquist Being Parents by Deborah Fallows Unquality Time by Linda Burton Choosing Home His Turn by Robin Morris The Making of a Mother by Juanita Tamayo Lott I'm Glad I Can be Home by Jo Blasco Definitely Worth It! by Mary Robin Craig Time to Love by Elizabeth Foss Mouse Holes by Penny Snyder Who's Going to Rock my Baby? by Pauline Powell Mom, M.D. by Kristi McClellan The Choice by Veronica Joiner Taking Care of Ourselves Songbird by Robin Morris Lessons from the First Year by Deanna Mason To Have and to Hold by Diane McClain Bengson Cries in the Night by Laura Jones and Priscilla Walker Letting Dad Get Involved by Karen Zwolenski Breastfeeding: the Bountiful Benefits by April Marie Heddleston Why So Blue? by Dianne J. Moore I am Not a Housewife by Renee Hawkley Focusing In by Laurel Cleary	Living With Changes If You Can't Beat 'Em... by Robin Morris Mothertime by Diane McClain Bengson The True "Expert" by Martha J. Colaner Switching To Full-time Motherhood by Elizabeth M. Ours Chronicles of Love by Mary Fisk Docksai Name Calling by M. Regina Cram Dollars, Sense and Motherhood by Arlene Rossen Cardozo Enterprising Women by Karen Zwolenski Kitchen Dancing by Susan Rockwell Singing with Joy by Wendy Underhill Anything Worth Doing by Linda Bricker Resisting Peer Pressure: Not Just for Kids by Cornelia Odom Cooped Up? Join a Co-op! by Joanne Bruun Networks for Mothers by Barbara Jean Comstock and Pamela M. Goresh Special Resources Growing in Unexpected Ways A Mother's Vacation by Robin Morris To Parent is to Grow by Karolynn F. Coleman Becoming a Mother by Heidi L. Brennan I Will Remember Us by Lori L. Dolezal Child of my Heart by Mary Fisk Docksai Twenty Things by Diane McClain Bengson Down in the Cottonwoods by Carol Bradley What About You? by Cornelia Odom
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(My First) Mother's Day by Marcia Crosbie Multiple Me by Nedda Davis On Leavetaking by Wendy McVicker Perspective by Barbara Crooker Jason's Trail by Penny Snyder Firstborn by Valerie Bryant 2 a.m. Feeding for Thea by Beth Joselow Giving our Daughter a Name by Jean Hegland	Heather and Several Other People by Judith S. Offer For My Toddler by Cynthia Thomas 6-13-89 by Marcia Crosbie Family Arithmetic by Alecia S. Lyons A Mother's Prayer by Kristy Fickert Adopted Miracle by Donna-Jean A. Breckenridge Time Capsules by Barbara Crooker
Afterword About our Artist, Editors, Essayist and Poets Books We Recommend About Mothers At Home

Order a copy of Discovering Motherhood for yourself and extras for friends -- it's a great gift for all new mothers.

WHAT MOTHERS HAVE TO SAY...

"I loved Discovering Motherhood... I've only had my copy a couple of weeks but I can see it getting 'dog-eared' from reading and re-reading."
--Darlene B., Tioga, Pennsylvania

"Discovering Motherhood is beautifully put together, rich with wonderfully inspiring stories, articles and poems with very pleasing-to-the-eyes illustrations. I love it!! ...It will, no doubt, be a book that many mothers will have on hand to be read over and over both as a reference and an inspirational text... I plan to give a copy of the book to my sister-in-law as an added baby shower gift ... It would be the perfect gift for her since this will be her first child and motherhood will be a totally new experience for her..."
-- Barbara G., Irvington-on-Hudson, New York

"Discovering Motherhood is absolutely superb. I found much of it applicable to me although I'm not a new first-time mother. It really is excellent."
--Regina C., Glastonbury, Connecticut

"I am writing to tell you how much Discovering Motherhood has meant to me. I have a six-week-old son and could already identify with every aspect of the book. It was comforting for me to read so many articles full of the same feelings I've been having. I felt as if someone had gotten into my head and heart and put into words everything they saw."
--Tammy R., Owings Mills, Maryland

"I received Discovering Motherhood as a gift and can think of nothing better to give to other friends."
Cathy W., Dayton, Ohio

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