MOMumental
Adventures in the Messy Art of Raising a Family

I found this book fun and true. It's not your typical "parenting book," in that Grant doesn't offer 5 tips for a better this and 7 secrets to a perfect this. But that is exactly what I loved about this. She "teaches" through stories--which is my favorite way to learn.......more

Motherhood is definitely messy! Being on the Wheww.. side of the younger years I can relate to much of what Jennifer Grant talks about in her book MOMumental. As soon as we hear that first little blessing's heart beat we are striving to be the 'perfect mom', creating the 'perfect family'. We set up h......more

First of all, I am not a mom. When I agreed to review MOMumental by Jennifer Grant, my husband said, “Well, you can’t review it from the point of view of a mom.” But MOMumental is so much more than what it seems and non-parents can enjoy it as well as new parents. Jennifer Grant had dreams of becomin......more

I very much enjoyed this book. We live in a culture that puts unfair pressure on moms to do everything exactly right - or we as moms put that pressure on ourselves. We grow up with our own ideas of family and parenthood, how it's supposed to be, how we want ours to be, how our kids and our house is......more