Mother Blessings: Honoring Women Becoming Mothers
Finally! A book that gives women a hundred ideas for honoring the women in your community who are becoming mothers. Mother Blessings gives women a friendly-overdue roadmap for creating ceremonies and beautiful symbols of love and support that provide a safe and sacred environment for women to share the joys and fears as they make the journey to motherhood.   Sheri Menelli, Author of Journey into Motherhood: Inspirational Stories of Natural Birth --Sheri Menelli, AuthorAnna Stewart has given us a wonderful, inspiring, and soul-touching collection of ways to honor and nurture mothers and mothers-to-be. It's so practical and so thorough, that it's a great resource for women on the way to motherhood, and for those who love them. Rick Hanson, Ph.D., co-author of Mother Nurture: A Mother s Guide to Health in Body, Mind, and Intimate Relationships --Rick Hanson, Ph. DAdvance Praise for Book!! This book is the golden ticket to deliver us from the pastel, game playing baby shower that belittles and makes cute the sublime transformation of a woman into a mother. Herein lies the real thing full acknowledgement of the splendor and challenges that mothering brings to a woman s life. Beyond that, this book masterfully guides the new mother and her support community in creating an intentional ceremony that celebrates, honors and nurtures the new mother, all in an artful manner befitting the majesty of her new role. Beth Osnes Author of Twice Alive: A Spiritual Guide to Mothering Through Pregnancy and the Child s First Year and co-founder of Mothers Acting Up --Beth Osnes