by Gina Ardito | May 8, 2016 | Divorcing Your Family, Family, Holidays, Mother, Mother's Day, Toxic Parents
For the last twenty years or so, I’ve had a love/hate relationship with Mother’s Day. As a mom, I love the way my husband and kids have always surprised me with breakfasts in bed, the perfect cards, and idyllic days spent together.The PastAs a daughter,...
by Gina Ardito | May 8, 2015 | Charming for Mother's Day, Family, Holidays, Mother's Day
Did you detect sarcasm in my title? Good for you. But it’s not why you think.Look, I get it. Moms do a lot for us. And it’s nice to have a day to honor the women who gave us life, wiped our butts, sat up at night when we missed curfew, and loved us...
by Gina Ardito | May 10, 2013 | 99 Cent Books, Fairy tales, Fiction, Free Read, Kindle, Moms, Mother's Day
Q. What do Cinderella, Oliver Twist, Harry Potter, and Luke Skywalker have in common?A. A dead mother. What is it with authors and mothers? Did they have such miserable relationships with their own matriarchs that they feel the need to kill all the mothers in their...