Normals Just a Cycle On a Washing Machine by Len Bourland

Len Bourland was living the quintessential Reagan stay-at-home mom dream in Big D, the land of big hair and even bigger aspirations. There was a new van in the driveway of the new grown-up home, the new puppy romping in the backyard with the three kids, and the surgeon husband bringing home the bacon while Len penned an award-winning column about it all for the local paper. So when the other Big D turned Lens idyllic world inside-out and upside-down, she did what she had to do: got a job, got a grip, and got back to writing. Collected here are her revised and updated columns, at turns hilarious and poignant, that together tell the story of a mother who manages to keep it all together---and regain her sense of humor in the process. Its a smile while taking a nostalgic trip down memory lane that will delight and inspire mothers and their children at any age.