Stuck for a gift idea for a mom in your life or maybe you need to add to your To-Be-Read pile? These two books may be just what you need: Mama’s Got a Fake I.D. by Caryn Dahlstrand and Dear Mom by Melody Carlson.
First book: Mama’s Got a Fake I.D. (How to Reveal the Real You Behind All That Mom) by Caryn Dahlstrand is one of those books that I’m going to read over and over again. I constantly need encouragment in this area: not to get so wrapped up in the label MOM. From the backcover:
Have you lost yourself in being a mom?
No one begins life as a mom. Before you have children, you are an amazing combination of friend, daughter, confidant, visionary, encourager, and thinker. You start out in life using your gifts and abilities in a surprising variety of settings.
Then you have children and the role of mom — as wonderful as it is — seems to consume you. It’s easy to lose your idenity when others see you as a mom and little else. What happened to the artist, the team-builder, the organizer, the entrepreneur, the leader — the person you’ve lost touch with?
This inspiring and practical guide wil show you how to break free from false guilt, learn a new language to express your true identity, and follow God’s lead in sharing who you really are. God wants you to discover who he made you to be — in your family and beyond. It’s time to reveal the woman who got hidden behind all that mom.
Oh, yeah. This gal’s got my number. For those of you in Book Circles, there are study questions at the end of each chapter, or you could just journal your answers.
The second book is Dear Mom (Everything Your Teen Daughter Wants You to Know But Will Never Tell You) by Melody Carlson.
I suspect Melody Carlson is the kind of mom I need to have living next door to me, so every time (ha! daily) I have a parenting question, especially about my almost-teen girl, I can ask her for advice. But since she lives on the other side of the country, I’ll just have to read her books. From the back cover:
Instead of focusing on outward behaviors, Dear Mom captures your daughter’s heart and soul. You can know your daughter’s hopes and fears, and her doubts and dreams about her identity, guys, friendships, and even you. And you can connect on a deeper, more intimate level that will carry both of you and your daughter through the storm seas of life.
Dear Mom is an easy read with short chapters (you could read while waiting in the carpool line), lists and bullets (get your highlighter pen ready). The only thing I wish it had is an idex; maybe the next version.
Let me know if you decide to pick up one or both of these titles. I’m always ready to talk about good books.
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