A Letter to My Mom – by Dave Dadic

A Letter to My Mom by Dave Dadic Dear Mom, I miss you. A lot.  It’s been 11 years since I last saw you, but so much has happened since then.  I’ve married Nicki. You would have loved the wedding; there were a lot of tears. Many about you.  We’ve been married for over 8 […]

Letter to My Mom – by Franki Rank 

Letter to My Mom by Franki Rank   Hey mom.    We should hug more.    “Personally I don’t think you can hug your mother enough in life.”   I was thinking about that the other day. I don’t want to tell my kids one day that I didn’t hug my mother enough. So from […]

A Letter to My Mom – from Paul Jacobson 

A Letter to My Mom by Paul Jacobson  Dear Mom I don’t think I had any real appreciation of what it must have been like for you to become my Mom when you were barely an adult yourself when your son arrived. You still had to figure out how to be a parent as you and […]

A Letter to My Mom – from Rev. Keith Haney

A Letter to My Mom – from Rev. Keith Haney Dear Mom,  As I reflect, back on your life and witness, I understand with greater clarity the lessons you taught. The things you valued in life were forged often out of the hardships you had to endure. Those things became the backbone of your character. […]

A LETTER TO MY MOM by David Kobler 

A Letter to My Mom by David Kobler  Hey Mum, Wanted to write a quick letter to say thanks for sacrificing so much for me. All the school pick ups and drop offs. The healthy lunches you always packed even when I would constantly complain. The endless nights you would come and sit on my bed […]

A LETTER TO MY MOM – From the Unexpected Dad

A letter from the Unexpected Dad   Dear Mom, I rarely say it, or maybe I really haven’t said it much at all, but thank you for everything that you did for the family while I was growing up. With very few exceptions, memories of my childhood are very positive and happy; there is very […]

A LETTER TO MY MOM – By Christopher Bruff

A letter about Hamburgers Dear Mommy, I know I don’t tell you this enough so here goes. Hamburgers. Mother, I miss you cooking hamburgers. It’s cliché for people to tell stories about mom taking care of their needs at home. All that is true and more. Let me tell you why “hamburgers” is important to […]

A LETTER TO MY MOM by Brad Slaughter

A Thank You Letter from Brad Slaughter   Mom,    Since the divorce years ago, I have been your confidant and close friend. We’ve always shared everything with each other, especially the thoughts that keep us up at night. I know that you think our family is broken and split up, and that you feel […]

Our October Books: what my kids are reading this month

We’ve got some great October Books that I’ve hidden in the cupboard from my kids, waiting for this month to roll around.

Our October books include Where’s Wally Double Trouble, Emma Yarlett’s Beast Feast and Sophie Dahl’s Madame Badobedah. We’ve also got a new author with a completely different style in The Corner of my Eye. It’s a strange choice for us, both story and illustration wise but there was something about it that drew me to it.