Books
Local booksellers offer tips on how to choose the perfect book for mom this Mother’s Day.
Anna Jarvis might never have dreamed 150 years ago that her efforts to establish a special occasion to recognize the poor and unappreciated women of Appalachia who worked beside her, would evolve into one of the most beloved and commercially successful holidays of the year – Mother’s Day.
FYI
Whether it is by picking up a copy of Because I Said So: 33 Mothers Write About Children, Sex, Men, Aging, Faith, Race and Themselves; planning a creative outing for Mother’s Day; scoring free golf lessons; preparing for cosmetic surgery; or exploring backroads.com to plan your next excursion, Long Island Woman prepares you for spring this month.
Gardening
April showers bring May flowers and May flowers bring… a lot of work! Old Westbury Gardens experts share advice on annual, perennials, mulch and pests.
April showers do bring May flowers, but many of the brilliant blooms flooding Long Island now are the results of planning that took place well before Mother Nature served up her annual revitalizing power drink.
My Makeover
Karen Farrell, a 51-year-old school monitor/retail merchandiser from Oceanside, speaks about her experiences at Ambiance Salon and Day Spa in East Hills.
I always seem to be running around and doing things for my three daughters and others. I never take the time out for me and get the pampering I deserve. This was the perfect opportunity.
Relationships
Now a grandmother, Gloria Raskin watches her daughters raise their children and reflects on her own days as a young mother.
I look at my daughter, Susan, with her two little girls, and I am transported back several decades to my own young-mother days. I remember that too-busy feeling, the breathlessness that came from never having enough hours in a day to do everything that had to get done, the continual child on the hip and the telephone in the hand posture, the heady feeling of being so needed, so necessary, such an important part of everyone’s life.
Happenings
Consult our extensive guide to what’s new and interesting in the arts, education and more this month on the Island.
Support Groups
An extensive listing of Long Island area support groups primarily geared toward women.
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