Review: A must-read for moms everywhere!
Rating: 5 out of 5
Date: 08 15, 2013
You know how mommies love talking about their kids' latest antics--what their kids eat, the little tricks with the pet cat or dog, not to mention the outrageous words they sometimes blurt out out of the blue. But Amanda Johnson took it to another level--she wrote a whole book about it. And it's at turns heartwarming and hilarious.That's basically what `Mommies' Priceless Moments' is about: a collection of funny, endearing stories as related by moms about their respective kids, sensibly curated and compiled by Johnson into a seamless whole. You'll laugh out loud when Tyson throws a baseball at the back of his mom's head, recognizing how our own kid also sometimes does things like that. You'll smile as Aja Whitten's son impulsively imitates the gait and swagger of a `rotund woman' walking ahead of them. Your jaws will drop at Amber chewing already chewed bubble gum--and what-not. Indeed, these are stories we're all familiar with, yet we still couldn't resist listening or reading about them--they strike a nerve of recognition deep inside us, and the effect is surprisingly a feel-good moment you'd love to inhabit and re-inhabit.But make no mistake about it--this is not another one of those parenting books that provide `strict instructions' on how to raise a human being. Instead, `Mommies Priceless Moments' is a deeply entertaining way to get sort of reminded what other moms also "endure" (or "enjoy", depending on your mood for the day)--the small yet often delightful, sometimes frustrating, but always surprising things that our children have the knack of doing. The child takes a big dump, and we're all just so inexplicably excited about it--what our young kids do seems like an endless source of fascination, and Johnson has skillfully captured the experience.Overall, `Mommies' Priceless Moments' is a must-read for all moms out there. The book is essentially Johnson's labor of love--for her adorable son and for everyone else's children, and it is something that everyone--mommies or not--can deeply relate to. Five stars for the heartwarming fun.