Sleep Is For The Weak

I loved this book.  Loved everything about it.  Loved the authors,the short entries, the topics - even the cover. 

An anthology of some of the best bloggers out there - many of whom are on my daily reads, as well as a few I'd never heard of.  What I love about reading blogs is the honesty.  I know that I can go to a blog and read the "true poop" - no candy coating, no sugar crusting, no rainbows and unicorns.  Just the "Oh, my God, this is so hard and what did I get myself into?"  This book is full of the same.

But the entire book was summed up for me in one sentence by Rita Arens of Surrender Dorothy, one sentence that really sums up my entire parenting existence:

We live the lives in front of us.

Amen.  

One of my favorite essays made me cry.  I've followed Jenn's struggles with her mother, and remember reading about her passing.  Somehow, I missed the essay You Can Never Outlove Your Mother.  Oh, my word. She put into words feelings and issues that I've been struggling with for some time.

Amalah's  This Week in Guilt crystallized my feelings regarding my return to work last year.  I can not ever seem to do the right thing, to say the right thing, to pack the right thing.  It's good to know that I'm not alone.

Grace Davis, in her entry on The Menopausal Hut, made me long for the very same thing - a place to go, to relax and rejuvenate, to become one with myself.  A girl can dream, right?  I SO want to be Grace when I grow up!

I'm giving away a copy of Sleep Is For the Weak, thanks to the kind ladies from The Parent Bloggers Network.  I think every mother should have a copy of this book, so leave me a comment if you'd like to be entered in the random drawing.  This is one must have that everyone MUST HAVE.

Comments

[Nicole]

Hi! Just coming back after a looong sabatical from being addicted-to-my-computer and putting my kids first again! This would be great to get "caught up"..but even if I don't win, will look into buying one for myself!
Thanks for offering one to us readers!
p.s. Enjoyin' the ELFF blog once again - been too long!

[Heatherl]

Sounds like a great read. I'd love to have it.
Thanks

[em]

I'd love a copy!

[Rita Arens]

Oh, thank you so much for the wonderful review. You made my day.

[mary]

SOUNDS LIKE A REAL BOOK, i WOULD LOVE IT!