According to Anges de Lumiere—a former international corporate lawyer from Paris, FR—motherhood after 40 doesn’t mean you have to lose the ‘battle of the bulge’ against an army of postpartum or perimenopausal hormones. (Count me in—I’m in the front trenches of the midlife-mom gym, sucking spinach rations, and fighting off a hail of fat-flak!) What’s [...]
Constant speculation about the role egg donation might have played in Kelly Preston’s pregnancy gives new life to the old chestnut: Do real moms use donor eggs? It’s also given birth to an idea. I’ll be re-launching a special selection of Flower Power Mom’s blog article playlist from earlier this year, dealing with some of [...]
Do you ever notice that young, new mothers—in their 20’s or 30’s—seem to be blissfully oblivious to their “plumplitude?” Their faces and necks exude a milky pudginess over their gently stretched midriffs, somehow managing to convey the image of blessed maternal health, like Raphael’s Madonna and Child. Then there’s the emotional knee-jerk reaction of fat-forgiveness [...]
How I got here—pushing fifty-years-old with my foot still jammed on the accelerator—without preserving the time to learn and do all of the things on my wish list, still leaves me baffled. It’s like the lyrics to the John Lennon song: “Life is what happens when you are busy doing other things.” Aside from a [...]
Angel on CNN
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Angel on CNN, Mother's Day story, May 8th 2011. (http://www NULL.youtube NULL.com/watch?v=WySnP2nnwXU)
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Read about Angel's CNN debate on Kelly Preston's pregancy.
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