First Things First

United States International

Mamalode Issue #1 - First Things First was first printed in Spring of 2009. Faith is about faith in yourself, your kids, doubt, trusting, and hoping. Stories of families, faithfulness, and faithlessness. With a forward by publisher Elke Goversten, First Things First includes the following stories:

Firsts - A Series of Poems

Alethea Schaus - First Song
Mary Dombrowski - First Contractions
Barbara Kennedy - First Wedding
Nina Alvair - First Secret
Anonymous - First Time We Separated
Eva Denn-Froebig - First Insomnia
Kay Grissom-Kiely - First Solo
Gillian Kessler - First Snow
EG - First Day of School
Kat Cunningham - First Heartbreak
Cheri Greer - First Grandchild

Bits & Pieces

Gillian Kessler - Dance, Mama, Dance
Jennifer Savage - We'll Get There When We Get There
Mary Dombrowski - Sowing the Seeds of Sprout Pouch
Tara Mund, Alison Laundrie, Traci Rasmusson - Being a Mom Shouldn't Hurt

Expression

Aimee Mcquilkin, Lael Gabrien and the Betty's - Move Over Mom Jeans
Mary Firth, Gita Saedi Kiely - The Giving
Kristi Havlik - Vera Rocks
Nina Alviar, Gretel Chapman - House of Mirrors
Lindsay Ludicello - Friends in Fertility

Perspective

Chris Dombrowski - Here
Sophie Slotnick - Slow Down