Top Ten Signs Christmas is Coming...
- The days on the
calendar seem to jump two at a time
.
- Bedtime can’t come
soon enough for the little ones, but can’t come late enough for Mom!
- The mailbox is full of
Christmas cards, and you curse each family who has completed their cards
before you.
- Your husband works
just a tiny bit later each night to avoid being caught having to help
with your Christmas cards!
- The master bedroom
closet is about to blow!
- Each child’s room
parent calls you for three dozen unfrosted gingerbread men; for a total
of 36 or more little men to be cut out in your kitchen.
- Your email inbox is
full of sale offers, as is your mailbox.
- You actually consider
shopping at 10:00 at night at a Midnight Madness sale.
- Stockings! What about
the stockings!
- Your heart is full of
the special Christmas love only December 25th can bring!
Kerri Charette is editor of Misadventures of Moms and Disasters
of Dads, a parenting humor collection published by "Moms In Print".
Kerri is:
- a mother to five children: three boys (ten, nine, five) and two
girls (three and two).
- a former kindergarten teacher in Ledyard
- the president of the Ledyard Women's club
- a committee chair on the PTO
- a religious education teacher at Our Lady of Lourdes church.
Kerri also hosts a weekly cable television show for the adoption agency
Child Adoption Resource Association (CARA) of New London, CT (Kerri's
fifth child's adoption was arranged through CARA). The show, "Families
in the Making" brings awareness to adoption issues and is seen on the
COMCAST Groton Cable Network, Adelphia Cable Network of Norwich and
Eastern CT Cable Network serving the Waterford area.
Kerri holds an undergraduate degree in elementary education from the
University of Connecticut (1992) and a masters degree in teaching
reading and language arts (1999) from Eastern Connecticut State
University. For those interested in learning more about the
Misadventures of Moms and Disasters of Dads anthology series Kerri
suggests visiting
the website: misadventuresofmoms.com.
