title: Just Ordinary Moms: True Stories by Moms For Moms
author: R Cournoyer
description: Just Ordinary Moms ~ True stories by Moms for Moms ~ is written by eight women who spill the beans about the truths of being moms! The authors met through book clubs, play groups, hockey-playing husbands, community activities, and work. They live in several small towns in northern Connecticut.
zlib_text: **SAHM I Am**
  
  To my best friend and husband, Jason, for your  
  unconditional love and unwavering belief in me,
  
  To my daughters, Jessamyn and Catrin,  
  for giving me the blessings of mommyhood,
  
  And to my brother, Timothy,  
  for laughing at my stories of domestic bliss  
  and encouraging me to write them in a book.
  
   **Meredith Efken**
  
   **SAHM I Am**
  
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   **Acknowledgments**
  
  My own mommy stories alone could never have filled an entire book. I am
  especially grateful to the following moms whose humorous anecdotes and life
  experiences inspired or helped me create many of the events in my book: Joan
  Hall, Daisy Witherell Déry, Nicole Small, Allison Wilson, Kathy Fuller, Vickie
  McDonough, Barbara Curtis, Tina Pinson, Megan DiMaria, Tricia Nguyen and Amy
  Kampfer.
  
  A young mom like me finds it difficult to travel around the country to find
  out what autumn is like in Washington, or how to “talk Texan,” so I rely on my
  many Internet friends to help me research their 