1001 Things It Means to Be a Mom: The Good, the Bad, and the Smelly

by Harry H. Harrison Jr.

So what, exactly, does it mean to be a mom? No matter what phase of motherhood a woman finds herself in, she has one thing in common with all other the need to feel appreciated and encouraged. Harry H. Harrison Jr.'s latest dose of trademark wit and wisdom pays tribute to the many aspects required to be a mom. Ranging from new moms, working moms, single moms, moms of adult kids and more, 1001 Things it Means to be a Mom provides a big dose of praise and understanding that will leave moms from all walks of life feeling uplifted and highly valued. With two million books in the market, no one knows how to deliver such simple, powerful insights like Harry.

Genres: Inspirational

302 pages, Paperback

First published March 18, 2008

About the author

Harry H. Harrison Jr. is a parenting expert and author of 1,001 Things It Means to Be a Dad and other 1,001 Things books from Thomas Nelson. For many years, he operated his own award-winning creative consultancy firm, Harrison Creative Directions.

Reviews

[Kimberly · Rating 1 out of 5]

First of all, this book is written by a man. So it's basically getting mansplained about what it means to be a mom by someone who can never be a mom. So there's that. Secondly, this book is more geared to moms who ate married to a husband and are Christian. I'm neither. They do have a section on single moms but it's awful and judgy. This book was painful to read and I can't wait to get rid of my copy. Avoid this book.

[Kimi · Rating 5 out of 5]

HAHA! It just makes me laugh!! Love it

[Tracy · Rating 5 out of 5]

Really cute "coffee table book" full of quotes and sayings about being a mom.

[Keshia Burchette · Rating 5 out of 5]

So true!
So many times I kept thinking, yep, uh huh, that's right!
Being a mom is so many things. Beautiful, messy, scary, awesome things.

[Amy · Rating 4 out of 5]

I thought this book was sweet. It is a great book to give as a gift to Mothers of any age.

[Escada · Rating 4 out of 5]

I can say that this book is simple and useful with some fun. This book is really a realistic one though its writer was not a "mom" as he said but he wrote it as if "he was there".

[Judi Holmes · Rating 4 out of 5]

this was a fun book, giving earned credit to moms and how tuff it can somtimes be along with all the fun perks of being a mom.

[Beth · Rating 4 out of 5]

I thought there was some really good advice in here. I didn't agree with everything, but a lot of it was very useful advice.