WHAT WOULD YOU DO...if your child hands you their unfinished
snack as they rush out the door?
In "If You Hand Your Mom a Rice Cake," one mom shows you exactly
what she did-what not to do. Walk through the day with her as you
show your child just what happens with that unwanted rice cake from
breakfast to afterschool snack.
You'll be sure to go back for more
AUTHOR'S NOTE:
According to Shrek, ogres--like onions, have many layers. Well,
so does this story.
Layer one is the frustrating mommy mode moment that morphed into
Facebook comic relief. Yep, right there in the middle of social
media cyber space, a children's book idea was born
Layer two is the story itself; a silly mommy misadventure with a
rice cake. It's fun. It's whimsical. It's benign. And it took just
a couple of months to put it all together.
Layer three is a little more complicated. It requires some
backstory.
The back story...
My daughter often cried when I wasn't home as she got off the
school bus. It made me reflect upon what I did during the day. I
discovered that my priorities were off balance and I searched for a
way make things right, to apologize. The middle of this story
evolved into an explanation of what kept me so busy during my
children's school day. It also shows my unyielding efforts to get
home first.
After this book was finished (2011), it sat gathering dust while
I had a showdown with my pride. That's when I realized that the
explanations for my busyness were more excuse than anything else.
Eventually, I cut out the excess by quitting my part-time job and
finishing graduate school once and for all.
Finally, after another year of experimenting, journaling and
praying; the decision to homeschool resurfaced (the first surface
is another story). This became the completion of one
evolution...and start of another layer.
Long story short, there is a cyclical affect a parent's actions
have on both self and child. When I peeled back my layers of
parental consciousness, I found leaks in the foundation. I also
found an evolutionary next step toward authenticity...which
revealed more leaks, which...well, you get the picture
A question for you...Ever had a "rice cake moment" inspire your
parental evolution?
Find the "Rice Cake Book" on Facebook (https:
//www.facebook.com/ricecakebook) and share your thoughts Thank you
for supporting our evolution by buying this book
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