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Literary Reflections is pleased to present our featured writing prompt response from March. We asked, "How did the role of motherhood offer a fertile ground in which you could resolve inner conflicts? How did raising children help you to...

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Spend 15 minutes on Facebook and you'll end up tagged for a MeMe. The electronic equivalent of one of those folded notes you got passed in junior high. "What is your favorite soda?" "Have you ever..." "Do you like Steve?...

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Mama's Boy columnist Jessica Berger Gross has a new book called "enLIGHTened: How I Lost 40 Pounds with a Yoga Mat, Fresh Pineapples, and a Beagle Pointer." Jessica struggled with severely fluctuating weight until she took her first yoga...

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Want to Write a Winning Cup of Comfort Story? Join us for our inaugural Cup of Comfort Webinar and learn how! In this webinar, the publishers of the Cup of Comfort series will guide you through the story creation...

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Way to make him join in, girlfriend!

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Publishing the raw materials of fiction, poetry and other creative work: index cards; napkin notes; notebook entries; etc. See the right-side panel of hit and run magazine....

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Once upon a time, I was a nut for Mother Earth. I built recycling programs, and championed re-use/reduce schemes at work, and rinsed out my plastics before carefully tucking them into my green box. Then came motherhood. Oh, I am...

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You are gorgeous. Good job!

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Literary Mama is seeking poems about fatherhood, and we welcome male voices for our June Father's Day issue. We seek writing that is about fathers from the child's perspectives; about the relationships between fathers and mothers and husbands and wives;...

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Thanks to a flurry of submissions, Literary Reflections is closing submissions from April 1st until June 1st while we read through our backlog. If you have an essay you'd like to submit, please send it in now or wait...

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Hey, girl. sorry I've been absent.

I'm like you. Christian but non-political. Vote the way.I.Want.

Amen.

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Check out Sybil Lockhart (Literary Mama Reviews Editor and Mama in the Middle columnist) book, Mother In The Middle: A Biologist's Story of Caring for Parent and Child, on Barnes and Noble's Rave Reviews From Our Readers. Sybil Lockhart, a...

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Adorable. You ARE photogenic.

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I'm not sure who gets to define "Christian" any more authoritatively than you do for yourself. Live consistently by your own definition. (I also take it a step further and respectfully ignore those who think their interpretation of a few choice bible verses are THE ones that count.)

In any regard, I couldn't help but remember these words, spoken by your Junior Senator back in August...

"We may not agree on abortion, but surely we can agree on reducing the number of unwanted pregnancies in this country. The reality of gun ownership may be different for hunters in rural Ohio than for ...

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I'm a committed Christian. I'm NOT conservative. These two positions were natural to me and my world viewpoint. Until I move to the Midwest and discovered - I'm a spotted tiger. First time I heard Mark 12 (The commandment of...

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The Pen Parentis Reading Series in New York City presents two notable authors reading from their work each month in a free, two hour event which concludes with an intimate Q&A and signings at the authors’ discretion. Come hear great...

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Trying to use the self-timer Originally uploaded by Elizabeth (Corporate Mommy) I am often inspired by the amazing pictures of Angela Giles Klocke, Tyler Knott Gregson, and Helen Adelaide (Everyday Stranger). Especially by their abilities to take pictures of...

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I liked yesterday's header, etc. better. fyi

And where's the entry about your hubby pouting that you didn't bring him a hamburger after he just threw up? That's just classic!

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Read A Cup of Comfort for New Mothers with essays by some of LM's own moms-Caroline Grant (Editor-in-Chief), Amy Hudock (Founding Co-Editor)and Kristina Riggle (Fiction Co-Editor). There’s a new baby in the house—and it’s not the only one crying. New...

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"Cultivating Your Fearless Writing Voice" Thursdays, April 2 - May 28; 7:00 — 9:30 p.m. Classes meet in North Berkeley; the cost is $250 for the entire nine-week session. About the class: Mindfulness is full attention on the present moment....

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Ref Roy's comments - I am mortgaged to the hilt, maxed out on all my credit cards, deeply in debt with major outgoings and a very patchy income stream. I have used my last penny to start up a new business, just before the "credit crunch" hit.

It is 5:15am. I have been at my desk for 30 minutes already. This morning I am going to address a new business referrals group that I have started out in my city. I'm going to tell them to ignore the recession, because if the UK economy shrinks by 3% as predicted, that means ...

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Bravo! Great post.

Not sure if this link will show up or not but Facebook is just FULL of groups that are protesting the negativity coming from the media right now.

http://www.facebook.com/s.php?init=q&q=recession+media&ref=ts&sid=a228813c45e429c9571ebde0639884b7

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Ooooohhhh...I like this lady!

Real advice for real people. I work with job seekers and am just appalled at how many carry the victim mentality and feed it with the media.

I tell them in my classes to spend a week writing down everything they fear will happen to them. Then cross off the ones they can't do anything about. Then suck it up and get to work making sure it doesn't happen again.

To use a movie quote - "Get busy livin,' or get busy dying."

Bravo!

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Elizabeth, when Perry Marshall tells me to go and look at something I do, so here I am all the way from Australia. You are a breath of fresh air in an airless room. I share your sentiments totally. I've been pushing the same message here in Australia. If only the media would stop beating up the doom and gloom. I know there are difficulties for many people, including people in my own family, but there are also opportunities. One of the the biggest opportunities is that we re-think the way we have lived our lives and get back to ...

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Yes Roy. It IS easier to talk about the economy when it doesn't hurt your lifestyle. It's MUCH easier in fact.

I am wealthy, and I AM, IN FACT, making a lot of money now that the economy is down. Staying positive IS easy now that I am investing in rock bottom priced Real Estate.

And while I DO NOT AGREE that life is hard, I DO AGREE that it IS VERY EASY to "to remain positive when the downturns don't effect your lifestyle".

THAT'S WHY I WORKED MY A$$ OFF and gathered resources for many years BEFORE things went bad.

It's the old ...

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Thanks Neil, for an important reminder.

Roy, I do hear you. And I appreciate you taking the time and energy to say what's real to you. As someone who experiences both sides of the spectrum... you are absolutely right when you say it is easier for some.

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Hey "mom," just got an email from Perry Marshall saying to come on over.

Love your word-craft. The West Wing quote is a gem. Thanks for that.

Hugs to Roy... hey man you are totally right. Facing hard times is far easier when you have a guaranteed pay check and benefits like say um... congress does, or ceo's and public administrators. And if you are an entrepreneur with capital on the sidelines... the tough decision will be which sweet deal to pluck.

But on the working-for-a-paycheck end of the spectrum are the blue collar guys and gals whose town's only employer just shut ...

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"Everyone knows that the wealthy make a lot of moneyu whe the economy is down."

The one question I ask is Why?

Here's why, while everyone is hunkering down in their bunkers listening to this fear...The successful realize that if they continue to play their game, they will continue to win. Raise the taxes, strap us with debt, whatever you want..

Entreprenuers are problem solvers, and no matter what poker hand you give us, we will figure it out or die trying...

Here's a great quote from Sir. Richard Branson:

"The Brave May Not Live Forever, But The Cautious Don't Live At All"

Great post Elizabeth!

Carpe

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Roy - I'm many things, none of them facetious. Downturns are seriously affecting our lifestyle. So being positive can be a real challenge, but the alternative is what? Giving up because the news media says its hopeless?

This is an opportunity to get strong, in a way that will last long after the crisis....

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There have always been people who wanted things easy; didn't understand or believe that they should work/earn for the good things in life. Unfortunately, Washington is creating a whole new group of such people with the policies/bills/spending that is coming down in record speed. I find it particularly hard as a parent of late teens/young adults who are just starting out, to instill in them that you must work for rewards - when all around them they see hands held out in "gimmee" fashion.

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Roy, I have had three different businesses over the last 35 years, I started all of them in recessions. Why? Because I saw a need and had the guts to fill it. What way could I go but UP. If I could make it when it was bad then when it got good my business grew very well.

My current business is struggling & about to go under. Should I give up and go collect unemployment?

Not on your life. I have been researching new products to fill a very high profile niche and am having a blast helping companies and towns ...

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Keep up the good work

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I've seen record traffic on my site the past few months as people look for all kinds of ways to save money.

There may not be as many people buying on credit these days, but they're still buying--just being more selective and making sure they get a good deal. And that's all the better!

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Great post! It sickens me, too, to see the media fueling the panic. And I say that even though I'm one who has been affected by the downturn they loudly trumpet.

Yesterday they reversed the warning they had trumpeted for so long. Previously they had complained that the economy was being ruined by people spending too much and not saving enough.

Yesterday a report was released saying that economic uncertainty was causing people to spend less and save more. So what is their current conclusion? "The economy is being ruined by people saving too much and not spending enough."

Right now, the media ...

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Quit your whining Roy and go out and be GREAT!

Wealthy people have what they have because they WORK for it, and because they never whine when things are stacked against them. They change the rules, and get back in the game.

Try it ... you just might like it!

Jim

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Love your post. I agree completely. What's happening in the economy is real, but the media is fueling so much of it. They need to shut it.

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Its easy to be positive in an economy like this when you have lots of money. Everyone knows that the wealthy make a lot of moneyu whe the economy is down. Staying positive is easy when you have money to invest in items that have reach rock bottom. I agree with a lot of what you say life is hard but its easy to remain positive when the downturns don't effect your lifestyle

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WHAT: Launch of International Mothers Network - The First Ever Global Consortium Of Motherhood Organizations WHEN: Sunday, March 8th International Women's Day WHERE: A virtual launch is online, in blog-spheres, youtube, within collective maternal activist communities and websites and in...

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I never watched The West Wing while it was on but got hooked on Bravo this fall when the Santos election was happening at the same time as ours. The writing ASTOUNDS me. We have been watching it on Netflix-gotten to season 5 and are already starting to feel bad that it's almost over.
Our problem is our economy was based on people buying a lot of crap they didn't need to begin with. Now we are finally figuring that out. I certainly hope things don't go back to "normal".

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I expect many things from this life. And none of them easy. No one promised me easy; and nothing easy is worth getting in any event. WHO ARE THEY TALKING TO?