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 love lilies…love it when they’re in my kitchen and smell so wonderful….:)
Dark chocolate is my weakness, and
Thanks for the chance to win this book!
Have a great week!
anything that blooms
Zinnias, sunflowers, and tulips!
Hands down, it’s blue hydrangeas, preferably with dark chocolate!
Dogwood blooms. It is a tree, I know, but it is a flower too, right? It is my favorite bloom to see in the spring. I miss it already.
I love flowers of most any kind!
How can I choose?! Lilacs, violets, grape hyacinths!
I love Hydrangeas!! Tulips are a close second!!
Read your blog. My favorite flower is peony.
I LOVE orchids, any kind, size or color. They give me such joy to have!
Daisies are my favorites… or daffodils… or tulips… :)
Favorite flowers? Definitely peonies! Favorite chocolate? Dove chocolate little milk chocolate promises. Beware though, The Dove chocolate definitely has wrapped in those little wrappers.
Love your blog! Thanks, Vickie
The Dove Chocolate definitely has crack wrapped in the little wrappers.
I live in Omaha:) We love baseball here! We loved having Mississippi State here last year! Hope they get to come again soon!
Buttercups because they remind me of my Grandmom!
Hydrangeas, I absolutely love them!
My favorite flowers are: peony, rose, ranuncula and moss rose. (Can’t pick just one). :)
My absolute favorite flower is a tulip. I love the light purple color. I also love daffodils! They smell heavenly and they are such a gorgeous sign that spring has arrived!
I love daisies.
Depends on my mood, but Gerber daisies make me happy.
Hydrangeas are my favorite–and I’m finally having a little success at growing them in the hot Texas weather! Love your blog and would love to give the book to my daughter, mother of 3 1/2 year old triplets.
Flower-my rose I planted on top of my kitty I had for 18 years. I get one rose bloom every year around the time he passed away.
Chocolate- you name it, I eat it, but prefer it with peanut butter.
Words-Sophie, I love my momma and she sure would love getting this book as a gift!
Geraniums!
Lily of the Valley!
Daffodils are my favorite flower.
Daisies!! :-)
I love tulips!
My favorite flower is hydrangea, and I love dark chocolate!
Thankful for great books!
My fav flower is the Gardenia.
I love lilacs.
tulips, peonies, hydrangeas…
Chocolate. Dark Chocolate.
I love daisies!
I would love to win this book! My favorite flowers are yellow roses. My favorite chocolate would be Reese Cups!
Tulips and hydragenas.
Peonies are my favorite flower, and I’m thankful my backyard reflects that.
The sweet southern gardinia so southern
Marigolds! They are so bright and cheery and keep bugs away!
I love flowers, but gardening is not my thing, so I can’t really pick a favorite. Maybe the ones in the grocery store. I do love chocolate and I want my chocolate to be pure not mixed with nuts, strawberries, orange bits. . . I don’t mind a little bit of carmel though!
Pansies.
I’m not picky ~ I love flowers, but I don’t have a favorite. Same with chocolate. And pretty much every thing else. Except men. I DO have a favorite man. Lucky for me, I happen to be married to him :-)
(thanks for the chance to win!!)
Tulips!
Flower…not sure, calla lillies maybe? Orchids? Bluebonnets? But chocolate…cadbury’s milk chocolate. That one’s easy!
Daffodils! Woo hoo!
Gardenias!! I always hint for one for mother’s day but can’t wait and buy myself several before anyone else can. I also wear Tocca Florence perfume that smells exactly like a gardenia!
Hydrangeas! I think it’s so neat that their color is dependent on the soil they are planted in.
I love magnolias! And being up in New York, I don’t get to see them as often as I would like!