Mothers & More 2007 Mother’s Day Campaign
Making connections. Making a difference.

Back by popular demand, this year's blog features members at various points in their membership as well as in their journey as mothers and more. Read on to learn about our blogger's connections with other mothers and their lives as mothers given all the other things they are as women. Find out their experiences with others' assumptions about them, based solely on their motherhood, and the difference they have made or hope to make for themselves and other mothers by making connections.

Read the blog!

Meet our bloggers:

Anne - a member of the Cincinnati Chapter, Anne has a daughter who is almost 5. She feels fate was responsible for her discovery of Mothers & More when her daughter was 2 years old. At that time she struggled in her new role: being a mother without her own mother, the lack of a real support system (even while a member of another mother's group), and the lack of an identity since she was no longer in the paid workforce. She still struggles with some issues but now she knows she is not alone. The connections she has made, within her chapter and on Mothers & More loops, have made a real difference in her life.

Freda - found Mothers & More and joined a local chapter while about six months pregnant with her first child, anticipating the adjustment of leaving work as a clinical social worker to be at home full time. That child is now six years old, and during those six years, Freda drifted away from Mothers & More... After the birth of her second child, she found her way back to a local chapter, where this time, she made vital, lasting connections with other moms and reconnected with the inner-advocate that had led her into clinical social work. She anticipates a return to the paid workforce, and continued involvement in Mothers & More.

Joanne Brundage - Upon the birth of her second child in 1987, Joanne left her job to stay home full-time to raise her children. She soon felt the stress associated with the transition, so she put an ad in her local newspaper and connected with other women feeling the same way - the birth of Mothers & More (then FEMALE)! Now, as a woman who transitioned back into the workforce many years ago, a mother to two young adults and a teenager, and a first-time grandmother, she reflects on the changes and lack of change from when she first felt a need to reach out to other mothers.

Laura - A mother and self-employed writer, Laura is a member of the Orlando chapter. When she first became a mother, she yearned for a group that embraced mothers from all work/home/parenting styles, one that did not seem to push "mother martyrdom." Mothers & More has meant friendship, leadership, learning about and becoming involved in the mothers movement. She sees her participation in the group as an extension of herself, as her own voice, but louder and larger.

onedrivenmama - Funny name, serious blogger! She's a long-time member of Mothers & More who participated in last year's blog as well. Mother of two children, a near tween and Kindergartener, she's made many connections between her foremothers' experiences and her own, and works tirelessly to ensure her children will have better choices to be both productive workers and caring human beings because society has (finally) the "right connections."