Well, I just got home from my first-ever lacrosse game. Our high school was playing for the state championship, and since we know a lot of the kids on the team, we decided it would be fun to go to the game. And LISTEN. WAS IT EVER. We had a blast. It was hot as fire and I’m pretty sure that I may have gotten my first sunburn of the season, but it was so worth it. Our boys won, and I am tickled to know that there is lo, yet another sport that I enjoy watching.
Granted, I wasn’t really dealing with a shortage in that area, especially considering that we went to a high school baseball play-off game this past Friday night, and I spent most of the weekend following the State / Auburn baseball games on Twitter.
All I know to say is that my daddy trained me well.
But I will not bore you with additional talk of sports (except to say that the SEC baseball tournament is only 2 weeks away!) because we have far more important business to tend to today. And that business is this.
My friend Lisa-Jo Baker has written a fantastic book about motherhood. It’s called Surprised by Motherhood: Everything I Never Expected about Being a Mom, and I have so many good things to say about it. It’s beautifully written, it’s insightful, and (in my opinion) it’s just as much a love letter to Lisa-Jo’s beloved South Africa as it is to her kids (I was fascinated by Lisa-Jo’s strong sense of place because it totally parallels the way I feel about the South). More than anything, this is a book that beautifully chronicles the joys and the heartaches and the wonders of motherhood. It will warm your heart and feed your soul whether you’re a mom, an aunt, a mentor, a godmother, a grandmother, or a mom-to-be.
I’m so happy to be giving away two copies of Surprised By Motherhood (thanks, Lisa-Jo!). But there’s a catch: I’m only going to leave this giveaway open for 24 hours so that the folks who don’t win still have a chance to order it in time for Mother’s Day.
So. If you’d like to enter to win, all you have to do is leave a comment on this post, and just for kicks – since it’s spring and all – tell me your favorite flower. But if your allergies are terrible and your don’t really care for flowers, then tell me your favorite kind of chocolate. Or, I don’t know – just tell me something. WORDS OF ANY KIND.
I’ll close this giveaway at 10:00pm central tomorrow night and draw for winners ASAP.
Happy Monday, y’all!
This giveaway is now closed; the winners have been notified.
i like roses :)
Would love to win this book – love your blog!
Toss up between hydrangeas and peonies.
I love our bluebells that are just gorgeous in west-central Illinois right now. So enjoy reading your blog and listening to you and Big Mama on your podcasts. Hilarious and keep me company on my lunch breaks.
My son played lacrosse for two years, talk about a beating with sticks. He used lacrosse to stay trained for hocke! He is at the midget level hockey now at 17. Great sports!
Lilacs, I can still smell them outside the kitchen window when I was a little girl in the early 40’s!
Sunflowers!
I love Hydrangeas!!
I love roses :)
Any type of lily, particularly calla and casablanca lilies.
I’ve heard great things about your new book! I’d love to give this as a gift to my Mom!
I’m a tulip kind of girl–they just scream SPRING!! Now if this Michigan weather would start doing the same–I kind of envy your sunburn:)
2 favorite flowers are the ones my boys pick for me from my yard(which may be weeds sometimes) and Daisies! Both make me smiley and joyful!
Hydrangeas :)
Tulips!!!!
Tulips are my favorite flower – they always cheer me so. My dear friend Sandy has been on me to get this book but since I’m flush with pregnancy hormones right now I’ve resisted… I just know I will cry and cry. But since you’re giving away a book and she keeps telling me to read it I feel compelled to throw my name in the ring. Love you, Sophie!
Sunflowers…they just make me smile.
I carried peonies when I got married. Forever my favorite!
Well, wouldn’t I love to win this?! Thank you! And I do love magnolia blossoms. Can’t wait until the ones on my tree open up. Thanks again!
I love stargazer lillies! They smell beautiful.
I think my favorite flowers are tulips…although I’m enjoying some very pretty pink roses on my kitchen table, courtesy of my own backyard! I just love spring…
Buttercups
Ranunculus–they make me happy!
Tulips!!!!
Tulips!
Zinneas and Daisies! I’m so excited that it is almost time to plant flowers in the yard!
“Don’t you think daisies are the friendliest flower?” (Bonus points for naming that quote! :)
I’ve always liked Gerber daisies, but I think peonies might be joining the ranks. Can’t wait until our bloom!
You’ve Got Mail!
Honeysuckle feels like a random answer, but I love the smell!
Would love to win! My favorite flower is probably an Oakleaf hydrangea. ;)
Very unique and likes the shade. ;)
Pre- kids I would have said my favorite flower was gerber daisies- so bright and cheerful. Now with 3 kids ages 4 and under I’d prefer chocolate– scratch that, sleep. Keep your flowers and give me sleep. :)
Gerber Daisies!
Peonies, hands down.
I just discovered I need Lilly of the Valley flowers. We had them in my childhood home,
I was remembering them the other day, now I must find some plants!!!
Thanks again Sophie for the book plate & book mark.
You rock!!
Roses :)
My favorites are hydrangeas and sea salt caramel chocolate!
Tulips!
Too many to pick from! Daisies, sunflowers, columbines, and tulips are just some of them.
I love Pink Roses.
I love tulips!
Hydrangeas…any color…beautiful.
Love all flowers! The roses and irises in my yard are gorgeous right now.
Tulips, hydrangea, peonies, ranunculus, roses, lilies…oh, just list them all!
Lilacs!
Sunflowers:)
Lilies are my fav! Especially white lilies!
Always a fan of a rose :)
It is so very hard to choose a favorite, but peonies, hydrangeas and daisies are very high on my list.
I love lilies! Orchids and tulips too.
Hmm…lilies of the valley, hydrangeas, or lilacs. Can’t decide! And my favorite to grow myself are zinnias.
My favorite flowers are Daffodils, we call them Jonquils. They’re so happy and unpretentious.
Azaleas
Cadbury chocolate is my favorite. Especially the Dairy Milk bars.
I love the scent of magnolias.
My favorite flowers areeither ranunculus or zinnias. I say that at the risk of being disqualified from the contest since both of those flowers have the dreaded “repetitive pattern found in nature” thing going on (which is, ironically, why they appeal to me, I think). I apologize for any psychological trauma my response may have caused. ;-)
I love all flowers, but Gerbera daisies and roses are probably my favorites. Thanks for the chance.
Baby’s breath :-)
Gerber daisies… and my double knockout roses!
Not sure I can pick just one! I LOVE hydrangea.
Favorite flower – the first tulips of spring
Favorite chocolate – Tradrr Joe’s mini dark chocolate peanut butter cups
Zinnias! My sweet daddy grew them and brought me a bouquet once a week during their season. Love you, BooMama!
Roses are my favorite!
“WORDS OF ANY KIND” made me laugh so hard! :) thanks for that!
I like creative flowers. Oh I love roses and whatnot too because the thought and all. But creative “I look carefully through my bouquet options to choose this for you” or even better “I picked out each of these flowers individually to make this pretty bouquet for you” make my heart smile. Although sometimes those types do make my allergies flare up. The. It’s a lot of milk chocolate to get me through because there’s no way I’m throwing out the pretty flowers before they are dead. I will just sniff my nose and wipe my watery eyes while I look at the pretty flowers – thank you very much. :)
Stargazer Lily :0)
The tropical flowers transform my backyard to a lush tropical paradise.
Thanks for the chance to win! I love stargazer lilies.
I just love flowers – all of them. But especially tulips.
As a new mom I would love to win this book! I love roses of any kind and color!!!
I would love this book. :)
Favorite flower – roses
Favorite flowering tree – dogwoods
Thanks for doing the giveaway!
Poppies!
Daisies. They are the happiest flower after all. :)
Kathleen Kelly, anyone??? ;)
I’m a new mama that would love this book!
Roses please
Lillian and Rosalee are my daughters’ names- and Mother’s Day is my birthday! :)
Anything yellow…daffodils…sunflowers…daises! I love them all!
Roses!
poppies!
I am captivated by the title alone and would love to read this book! Oh, and my favorite flowers are hydrangeas. ðŸ˜
Thanks!
I would LOVE to win this book! It sounds like it’s exactly what I need at this moment! Thank you!
Whoops! I screwed up! My favorite flower is purple roses!
I just love red roses. Does that make me plain? Normal? Original? I’d like to think traditional.
(Been eye-balling that book. Would love to win. :) )
I love peonies and hydrangeas make such a statement.
Pansies because my grandmother always grew them. And A GREAT BIG THANK YOU for the bookmark and bookplate. I was SO happy to receive them, and you are SO precious to send them. LOVE your mother’s expressions and your sister’s designs. Y’all are quite the trio – creative, lovely, and thoughtful.
Its so hard to pick a favorite! Tulips, i guess :)
Lilies of the Valley have been my favorite since I was a little girl!
Cherry blossom. Chocolate covered cherry. Pick me. Cherry. Cherry. Cherry.
I do love gerbera daisies. Nothing like ’em!
Tulips!
Tulips. And peonies. And irises. And, and… Thanks “Sopie!”
Hydrangeas!
Gerber daisies!
Lilacs! Are they a flower? Mine are blooming right now and my back yard smells delightful. Would love to win this for my daughter, who just found out she is expecting her first child and our first grandchild! I will order it either way. Awesome!
Azaleas
Hydrangeas!
I love tulips and dark chocolate!
Nothing more beautiful and precious than an orchid. As for chocolate, it is great in any form.
Peonies!
I like roses. But flowers and grass and everything spring hates me I believe. Allergies are of the devil! – I would love to win this book! – Chocolate… Milk chocolate. Any thing with milk chocolate. Oh! I love milk chocolate!! :)
My birthday is in May.
It is actually on Mother’s Day this year
so I can’t help but say the obvious choice…
Lily of the Valley, I believe that is the flower for
May.
Peonies, of course. Most beautiful flower ever. Pink ruffles—what’s not to love?
Tulips … And almost anything else. I have a friend who is from South Africa and is a young mom, expecting #3 (in three years!). I would love to give this to her.
Heard great things about this book! Tulips are my favorite flower.