"Stepping on Cheerios"
by Betsy Singleton Snyder
by Betsy Singleton Snyder
Being a mother isn’t easy. Sometimes it’s hard to experience a personal connection with God and community when you are caught up in the chaos of just “doing family”.
Independent and self-sufficient, author Betsy Singleton Snyder lived a full and busy life as a pastor, missionary, and wife to a husband who served in the U.S. House of Representatives. She had her first child at age 44, then at 47, she found out she was carrying triplets. Suddenly finding herself overwhelmed is an understatement.
Stepping on Cheerios is a collection of funny, warm, and charming tales from the frontlines of parenthood, written for women who are juggling to accomplish everyday feats of work, motherhood, marriage, church, and more. It’s a comical story of one woman’s realization that her crazy life is a gift and how she found the grace in it.
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If you are looking for practical advice on how to balance the many hats of motherhood then don't read this book. Because the wisdom you need just isn't there. But if you want to laugh at someone 's mistakes beside your own, then this book is for you. The author tells about her adventures of becoming a first time mother at the age of 44 and of having triplets at the age of 47. Not something I would recommend for anyone. I didn't particularly enjoy the book because it was chaotic to say the least. She jumped from one topic to another and I found it hard to follow her train of thought. I also read only the King James Version of the Bible and didn't appreciate the other so called Bibles that she quoted. The one thing I did enjoy from the book is how they remembered her Mom at Christmas time by having a contest between the siblings to see who could best emulate her mother's Christmas cookies.
This was a very meaningful Christmas tradition and a special way to keep her Mother's memory alive.
I received a complimentary copy of this book from Litfuse Publishers in exchange for my honest review.
Independent and self-sufficient, author Betsy Singleton Snyder lived a full and busy life as a pastor, missionary, and wife to a husband who served in the U.S. House of Representatives. She had her first child at age 44, then at 47, she found out she was carrying triplets. Suddenly finding herself overwhelmed is an understatement.
Stepping on Cheerios is a collection of funny, warm, and charming tales from the frontlines of parenthood, written for women who are juggling to accomplish everyday feats of work, motherhood, marriage, church, and more. It’s a comical story of one woman’s realization that her crazy life is a gift and how she found the grace in it.
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If you are looking for practical advice on how to balance the many hats of motherhood then don't read this book. Because the wisdom you need just isn't there. But if you want to laugh at someone 's mistakes beside your own, then this book is for you. The author tells about her adventures of becoming a first time mother at the age of 44 and of having triplets at the age of 47. Not something I would recommend for anyone. I didn't particularly enjoy the book because it was chaotic to say the least. She jumped from one topic to another and I found it hard to follow her train of thought. I also read only the King James Version of the Bible and didn't appreciate the other so called Bibles that she quoted. The one thing I did enjoy from the book is how they remembered her Mom at Christmas time by having a contest between the siblings to see who could best emulate her mother's Christmas cookies.
This was a very meaningful Christmas tradition and a special way to keep her Mother's memory alive.
I received a complimentary copy of this book from Litfuse Publishers in exchange for my honest review.