I’m on the phone with Shannon Bahrke. You know, the Freestyle skier with the ready smile and colorful hair who skis moguls with the energy of the Roadrunner and the Tasmanian Devil combined. I’m calling Shannon to talk about her mom. It’s April and I’m preparing a post for Mother’s Day. In December, I briefly […]
mothering
Decision Points
Recently, I met up with a friend at a youth lacrosse tournament. My friend lives in the Vail area and her sons play for Backcountry Lacrosse. The first thing you have to know about Backcountry Lacrosse is that their logo is a skier. This makes my son, whose team logo is a Spartan, quite jealous. […]
Climbing, Risk and Motherhood: Guest Post by Cragmama
Today’s post is a guest post from Cragmama an amazing rock climber and mom to an adorable “Cragbaby.” Also an accomplished writer, she blogs about climbing and raising her son at (you guessed it!) Cragmama. Along with Velomom, Expect Adventure and me, Brave Ski Mom, Cragmama is one of the Adventure Moms. What’s an Adventure Mom? […]
Kept Woman
My friend L. and I have a lot in common. We are both stay at home moms. We are both intelligent woman with Bachelors Degrees from fine liberal arts colleges and Masters degrees from outstanding universities…and today, we are both trying to figure out how to make ourselves employable (on a part-time basis, because we still need time for our families and to ski!) in an economy which doesn’t necessarily value articulate generalists.
The More Things Change, the More They Stay the Same?
I recently had the opportunity to read the first chapter of Betty Friedan’s The Feminine Mystique. Notice I didn’t say “reread.” This classic of feminism was not part of the canon when I was in college, at least not at the socially conscious, small, private liberal arts college that I attended. But it is part […]