Days of Whine and Noses: Pep Talks for Tuckered-Out Moms

By Lisa Espinoza Johnson

With wit and candor, popular Christian Parenting Today columnist Lisa Espinoza Johnson shows how your ordinary moments of mothering little ones can teach extraordinary life lessons. Each of the book's bite-size chapters contains hilarious personal stories and observations about the everyday experiences of motherhood--breastfeeding, teething, potty training, birthday parties, family pets, household chores--that culminate in unexpected insights. Amidst the dailiness of mothering, Johnson finds deep and profound meaning. Her words will guide and sustain you while you are fulfilling the most significant role of your life.

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0787968811
• ISBN13: 9780787968816
• Release Date: February 2004
• Publisher: Jossey-Bass
• Length: 192 Pages
• Weight: 0.50 lbs.
• Dimensions: 7.2" x 0.7" x 5.1"

Customer Reviews

Hysterically Funny and Close to Home

I got my copy of The Days of Whine and Noses and gave up precious mommy sleep to finish it all into the wee hours of the morning. I laughed, snorted out loud in hysteria and nodded in such sympathetic understanding. Knee deep in my own days of whine and noses,this was a bridge over the Barbie shoes, dirty baby wipes and animal cracker crumbs. Keep it up, Lisa!

Great Stuff!!!

I purchased a copy for my sister who recently gave birth to premie twin boys. She has her hands full, but Lisa's fun book is helping her cope!

I loved this book!

This author displays a rare combination of hilarious wit and profound wisdom. I think tuckered-out moms (and dads) will be comforted by her honest depiction of true-to-life parenting moments and veterans will roll on the floor with laughter.

A book with a smile

Lisa Espinoza Johnson has discovered a very delightful and comical way of sharing the trials of motherhood. Her book is wonderfully written, with stories I'm sure all mothers can nod their heads at, and laugh out loud about. True life lessons are shared in the most creative way. This book is highly recommended. :O)

Laughter is good medicine

If you need a good laugh, this is the book for you. Lisa Espinoza Johnson tells all of the child rearing stories with such humor that the reader is immediately reminded of the dardest things kids do and say. Lisa brings it all home by encouraging Moms that we can see the bigger picture in the mundane and not so mundane of raising kids all the while leaving us Moms with the feeling that it is not all for naught.