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Archives for January 2009

Rolling with the Revolution

January 16, 2009 by Caryn Leave a Comment

As you may know, I’ve been a bit more active in blogging at the Mommy Revolution—which Carla Barnhill and I started together. We’ve got some great conversations going on whether or not motherhood is a “calling” and all about our Revolutionary Manifesto and about our visit to Moody’s Midday Connection. Click here to listen to […]

Filed Under: Identity, Mommy Revolution, Motherhood

Is Motherhood a Calling?

January 15, 2009 by Carla

Carla: We had a great conversation on Midday Connection and it raised some important questions in the comments on the blog. One issue came up in Dave’s set of comments on this post–and we know it will come up again and again and again so we are going to dig into it a lot deeper. And I want to be […]

Filed Under: Dads, Identities, Life, Mommy Revolution, Roles

Listen to Us!

January 13, 2009 by Carla

The Revolution is taking to the airwaves today at noon (cst)! Caryn and I will be the guests on Moody Radio’s Midday Connection with Anita Lustrea and Melinda Schmidt. We’ll be on for the full hour, so listen in–and call in–if you can. We’d love to talk to you!
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Filed Under: Mommy Revolution

The Mom-Center of the Universe

January 11, 2009 by Caryn Leave a Comment

Half-a-Portrait

Caryn: I’m loving the feedback we’re getting on the Manifesto. And some people have raised some points that I can’t shake. One is the whole tension between not thinking we moms are the center of the universe and the reality that our kids need us to be—and that often we do want to be—of theirs.
Case-in-point: Before […]

Filed Under: Identities, Life, Manifesto, Mommy Revolution, Relationship, Roles

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