The Stuporwoman Files: Observations of an Overworked, Overwhelmed, Overjoyed Working Mother

By Monica L. Lewis

Newspaper humor columnist, public speaker, and playwright Monica Lewis' laugh-out-loud observations on motherhood, relationships, balancing work and family, and the quirks of everyday life, hit home on every page.

On knowing you're too old to have a baby: "You know you're too old when, to you, a period is just something that goes at the end of a sentence."

On the irony of giving your kids a time-out: "Most parents would love the luxury of taking an hour to just sit in our rooms. Hell, I'd even sit in the corner if it meant a moment or two of peace and quiet."

On helping your child with math homework: "I'm hopeless at math. For me, Cardinal Numbers are the amount of red birds on the tree outside my bedroom window."

On Santa Claus: "If Santa was a man, everyone in the universe would wake up Christmas morning to find a rotating musical Chia Pet under the tree, still in the store bag."

On Not Cleaning the Refrigerator: "If food were human, I'd be considered a slumlord."

• Language: English
• Publisher: iUniverse
• Release date: Mar 3, 2005
• ISBN: 9780595791743

Monica L. Lewis

Monica Lewis, longtime humor columnist for the Erie Times News, has also been published in the Pittsburgh Post-Gazette and several national magazines. A novelist and successful playwright, her latest comedy has been scheduled for performance in Los Angeles. The working mother of one daughter, Kelsey Applebee, she resides in Erie, PA.

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