Publisher Description
When do you get time for you? Remember when you had a life of your own? The hectic job of being a mom is fraught with sacrifices, fears, and uncertainties. But nothing offers greater rewards or more opportunities to enrich yourself than raising your kids. What Every Mom Needs shows you how being a great mom and a person in your own right go hand-in-hand. Extensively revised and updated based on current research and the latest survey of moms by MOPS® International (Mothers of Preschoolers), this bestselling book helps you deal with the realities you face today as a young mother. If you’ve wondered how to find time for friendships, how to lighten your workload, or how to go about rediscovering and developing yourself as an individual, What Every Mom Needs is for you. Filled with personal stories and helpful features, including a list of resource websites, this book will help you understand the importance of meeting your six basic needs as a mom—and how to actually get them met. Fulfilling your needs for identity, growth, relationships, help, perspective, and hope will make you a happier, more centered person and a better mom.
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"I was pleasantly surprised by this book. I thought it was going to be a corny christian take on being a mom. But really, there were times it made me cry & laugh. It was very relatable."
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Kelli (4 out of 5 stars)
About the Authors
Elisa Morgan is a nationally recognized speaker and the author of more than fifteen books, including the bestselling What Every Mom Needs and Mom’s Devotional Bible. She has served as CEO of Mothers of Preschoolers International (MOPS) since 1989. She is also the publisher of MomSense and and is a frequent contributor to Christianity Today. Morgan and her husband, Evan, have two grown children and live in Colorado.
Carol kuykendall is director of special projects at Mothers of Preschoolers International (MOPS) and the author of four books including Give Them Wings and Learning to Let Go. A popular seminar and retreat speaker, Carol also writes for Guideposts and Daily Guideposts, and has been a guest on Focus on the Family and Family Life Today radio broadcasts. Carol lives with her husband in Colorado.
About the Narrators
Connie Wetzell is
a former award-winning Christian radio personality and current voice-over recording
artist who can be seen and/or heard through her extensive work on national
television and radio spots for McDonald’s, Tropicana Twister, Dollar General
Stores, Cellular One, and Fannie Mae Candies. She has also done television
spots for Lowe’s Home Improvement Stores, HGTV, and was named national
spokesperson for Boston Market restaurants in 2000. You can also hear Connie’s
voice on nationwide voice response systems for the likes of IBM, AT&T,
Kinko’s, and Morgan Stanley, as well as on many websites Connie was even
nominated for a Grammy Award in 1993 after lending her voice to a children’s
recording, Trollies Radio Show & Sing Along.
Devon O’Day, a radio personality, former plus-size model, songwriter, and author, studied voice-over and commercial acting at the Weist-Barron School in New York City and is the voice of choice to narrate specials for such artists as Garth Brooks, the Dixie Chicks, Kenny Chesney, and others.