Jan Eliot's funny and irreverent Stone Soup follows the saga of an extended, blended family, starring two working-mom sisters living just across the fence from each other. Val and Joan share life with their opinionated mother, a middle-school diva and 10-year-old tomboy, a reclusive teenage boy, a wild preschooler and his new baby sister...and of course Wally, the ultimate nice guy who steps into his stepdad shoes with grace amid the chaos. Working-parent hassles, pre-school tantrums, middle-school angst, love and the single mom... it's all here in Stone Soup.
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dkendraf said, 8 months ago
Oh, sooooo familiar!
somebodyshort said, 8 months ago
About the time you have grandkids.
BartJ385 said, 8 months ago
That’s why you are supposed to have kids in your thirties and not in your forties.
Dr Fogg said, 8 months ago
I was 51 we our last one was born. I wouldn’t trade that for anything :-)
gromitsperson said, 8 months ago
aaaaand notice who’s awake and cheerful when even Max is groggy!
N7326 Foxtrot said, 8 months ago
I wouldn’t take anything in the world for mine, but I wouldn’t give a plugged nickle for another pregnancy at this time.
epr1957 said, 8 months ago
@BartJ385
Better yet in your twenties.
flagfly
said, 8 months ago
Where does that baby get her red hair?
whmIII said, 8 months ago
Have them early…while you still have some energy.
Gokie5 said, 8 months ago
@flagfly
“Where does that baby get her red hair?”
Recessive gene. Same place her Aunt Val (Joan’s sister) got her red hair. (Of course, Wally prob. has a recessive red-hair or blond gene, too, for this to happen.)
sjsczurek said, 8 months ago
You take what life gives you. Kids early, or kids late……..
……. or not at all.
Gokie5 said, 8 months ago
. . . and you might have to rear (or help rear) grandkids or great-grandkids. It happens. (See “Grand Avenue.”)
route66paul said, 8 months ago
Being the first child of older parents, I wanted to have ours earlier. My 2 cents – at least have your first before you are 20. Now that I am a grandparent, I see how this works in spades – we get the grandchildren on a regular basis, I couldn’t imagine watching babies in another 10-15 years.
Agingstoner said, 8 months ago
@route66paul
Before you are 20??
Doctor11 said, 8 months ago
Reminds me of the time I almost dozed off during an English class when I had a cold; the teacher nudged me and I was SO embarrassed that I wanted to sink into the floor.