Mother’s Day

May 2023 10

Motherhood, and the Importance of our Intergenerational Friendships

2023 Articles, Mysteryrat's Maze

by Laura Jarratt

One of the really important themes that comes out of Without Saying Goodbye is that being a good mother is something we learn. It’s not innate in that we can just rely on instinct to make it all happen for us. There’s a widely quoted African proverb: ‘It takes a village to raise a child.’ In the developed world, we have sometimes lost that sense of the importance of aunties, grandmothers, and older women feeding into our collective knowledge of how to raise our children.

May 2020 9

Dolls and Mother’s Day

2020 Articles, Community, Margaret Mendel

by Margaret Mendel

In the last couple of years, Mother’s Day brings dolls to my mind. It’s not like I was a little girl with lots of dolls. In fact, I remember only a couple of occasions where dolls were part of my life. But as the years passed, and I transitioned from daughter to mother and now to grandmother, dolls have sweetly slipped into my life. Perhaps it’s the fictionalizing of my past as situations sometimes get fuzzy, and I suppose this is when the mind mixes and matches reality with invention. But for whatever reason, lately dolls have become one of my preoccupations.

May 2018 12

Shot in the Dark By Cleo Coyle: Review/Big Giveaway/Guest Post

2018 Articles, Food Fun, Lorie Lewis Ham, Mysteryrat's Maze

by Lorie Lewis Ham
& Cleo Coyle

Shot in the Dark is the latest Coffeehouse Mystery by Cleo Coyle. This is one of my favorite series and I am always excited when there is a new one out.

May 2018 5

The Mother’s Day Mishap By Kathi Daley: Review/Giveaway

2018 Articles, Kathleen Costa, Mysteryrat's Maze

by Kathleen Costa

Kathi Daley’s work is always packed full of several engaging character-driven storylines, but it is her easy-to-read style and entertaining dialogue that makes it right for a page-turner weekend.

May 2017 13

Mother’s Day Muffins and Murder By Sara Rosett: Review/Giveaway

2017 Articles, Food Fun, Mysteryrat's Maze, Sandra Murphy

by Sandra Murphy

Ellie Avery’s schedule is always busy. Her husband is deployed on a mission, due back in a couple of weeks. Her kids are at an age that there are tons of extra activities. She’s got to be organized. In fact, she’s made a part time job of it.

May 2017 11

Mother’s Bad Day: A Mother’s Day Mystery Short Story

2017 Articles, Mysteryrat's Maze, Terrific Tales

by Alan Cook

When George pulled his beat-up Toyota into his mother’s driveway, there was a shiny new car already parked there he didn’t recognize. Then he saw the “T” logo and realized it must be a Tesla. His twin sister, Georgia, had to be here already. Teslas weren’t big in this town. She must have rented it when she flew in from the East Coast. Could you even rent a Tesla in Nowheresville?

May 2016 2

Mother Gets a Lift: A Mother’s Day Mystery Short Story

2016 Articles, Mysteryrat's Maze, Terrific Tales

by Lesley A. Diehl

I was panting my way through a contraction when my cell phone sang out, “Cheeseburger in Paradise.” The contraction ended, but the cell played on.

Apr 2016 30

A Catered Mother’s Day By Isis Crawford: Recipe/Giveaway

2016 Articles, Food Fun, Mysteryrat's Maze

by Isis Crawford

This week we have a recipe from A Catered Mother's Day by Isis Crawford. At the end of this post are details on how to win copy of this book!
For A Catered Mother’s Day author Isis Crawford decided to ask the men she knew for recipes they would make their wives on Mother’s Day. All the recipes are simple to execute, and tasty to eat.

May 2015 6

An Emblem of Impossible Sophistication: Short Story For Mother’s Day

2015 Articles, Terrific Tales

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by Madeline McEwen-Asker

My mom radiated anticipation, like a carthorse promoted to the racetrack, but we were at the mall. She was the only die-hard monarchist I'd ever known in my nine short years, but this apple fell from the tree and bounced into the American republic.

May 2015 2

A Catered Mother’s Day By Isis Crawford

2015 Articles, Food Fun, Mysteryrat's Maze, Sandra Murphy

by Sandra Murphy

Ellen Hadley’s had enough. Her family doesn’t appreciate her, they don’t help around the house and consistently forget birthdays and holidays like Mother’s Day. An offhand remark from her friend Bernie puts an idea in Ellen’s mind—drastic times call for drastic measures.