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• So. Was it Good for You?

  Mother's Day is nearly over.  Thank God!! Partners and their baby mamas everywhere are breathing a collective sigh of relief, children are high on the sugar from the early morning pancakes, phone calls have been made (it's not too late!!). So.  How was yours?   Read More... Posted May 11 2008, 07:30 PM by Rachael Brownell (Redsy) with | with 6 comment(s) Filed under: teens, holidays, adult children, Mother's Day, mother's day sucks, i hate mother's day, adult children who don't care, kids who don't call on mother's day, family conflict, set up, emotional baggage, holiday hell, when husbands forget mother's day, mothers and children

• Mother's Day Reconsidered

  If snarking about Mother's Day were an Olympic Event, some of us at Strollerderby would take home the Gold. The pressure! The bad gifting! The adult children of parents who married several times! It really is all too much.  But the Angel of Gratefulness has changed all that.   Read More... Posted May 08 2008, 01:27 PM by Rachael Brownell (Redsy) with | with 2 comment(s) Filed under: mother's day sucks, worst mother's day stories., why i dread mother's day, bad gifts for mother's day, Mother's Day Dread, i hate mother's day, sad mother's day, worst mother's day

• 5 Mother's Day Do's and Don'ts

  Only a fews days until Mother's Day and there's no time like the present to plan a gift that strikes just the right chord of sensitivity, uniqueness and sophistication. To get you steered in the right direction, here are 5 things not to buy for your girl, as well as 5 stylish alternatives: Read More... Posted May 04 2008, 06:44 PM by Rachael Brownell (Redsy) with | with 124 comment(s) Filed under: Mother's Day, droolicious, mother's day sucks, mothers day, babble catalog, netto collection, may 11, porn for new moms, gift giving anxiety, unique gifts, gifts not to get, to do, things to do on mothers day, what should i get her for mother's day, people who hate mother's day, mother's day do's and don'ts

• 5 Alternatives to Mother's Day

  Mother's Day isn't for a few more weeks, but I'm already dreading it.  And I'm not the only one.  Say for some reason you don't care for Mother's Day.  Maybe you don't have any kids.  Maybe you think it's just a meaningless overcommercialized holiday.  Maybe you don't have the time, money, or inclination to worry about it.   Since ignoring the day altogether is not recommended, particularly for the mama's partner, here are 5 alternatives to Mother's Day that won't leave you feeling like you were just licked by the Hallmark aisle:   Read More... Posted Apr 20 2008, 06:21 PM by Rachael Brownell (Redsy) with | with 6 comment(s) Filed under: parenting, Babble, strollerderby, Motherhood, Mother's Day, redsy, mother's day sucks, janet leigh, hallmark holiday

• Why I Dread Mother's Day

  Mother's Day ought to be a time of celebration or at least quaffing of a beverage while sitting with one's girlfriends in pretty robes somewhere. It ought to be a time for mamas everywhere to chill, worry- and guilt- and child-free.  But often it isn't. This isn't (usually) because Mother's Day gifts don't measure up somehow.  Rather, it is because...   Read More... Posted Apr 17 2008, 02:31 PM by Rachael Brownell (Redsy) with | with 18 comment(s) Filed under: Baby Boomers, Generation X, Mother's Day, mother's day sucks