Originally published in LLL of New Mexico’s Enchantment, Winter 1986 I almost drowned in a cave three years ago. It taught me a lot about leading and a lot about following.
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Originally published in LLLI’s LEAVEN, October-November 2001 From the topics du jour at the World Assembly’s “World Café†to the last bite of that silky centerpiece cheesecake at Tuesday night’s gala banquet, I ate my way through the gastronomic and educational offerings at the 17th La Leche League International Conference in Chicago.
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Originally published in LLL of Western Pennsylvania’s PennsyLLL Points West, Summer 1999 Perhaps it’s been quite a while since you’ve been to your first La Leche League meeting. I attended my first Series Meeting over 16 years ago. As a recent transplant into the Pittsburgh area, however, I’ve had the chance to relive being a […]
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Originally published in LLLI’s LEAVEN, December 1996-January 1997 When our children were ages one, four, and six, our family took a one-week trip to Washington, D.C. We used a sling and a stroller for our baby. But what about the older children? Although they could walk, they didn’t always want to walk and we planned […]
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Originally published in LLL of New Mexico’s Enchantment and reprinted in LLLI’s LEAVEN, May-June 1988 If you were to watch a videotape of your last meeting, you might notice you should have ended the meeting sooner than you did. You might notice that some mothers in the meeting were acting like the meeting had already […]
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Originally published in LLL of New Mexico’s Enchantment and reprinted in LLLI’s LEAVEN, May-June 1988 It’s meeting day. The hour has arrived. Everybody is settling down. The side conversations have melted away. Your children have gone outside to play in the sandbox. The librarian has finished arranging the books. Now what? What should you say […]
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Originally published in LLL of New Mexico’s Enchantment and reprinted in LLLI’s LEAVEN, May-June 1988 At a large educational conference in Los Angeles several years ago, I attended a session on infant stimulation in day care centers in Israel. I went into the session room early and sat in a folding chair, shuffling through my […]
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Sunday, December 31, 2006
Originally published in LLL of Colorado/Wyoming’s Rocky Mountain Leader, Summer/Fall 1996 When Leaders discuss getting breastfeeding off to a good start, we often mention getting help with the housework when the baby arrives. We mention how mothers, mothers-in-law, neighbors, and other female friends are helpful in the early weeks. But now it was up to […]
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Saturday, December 30, 2006
Originally published in LLLI’s LEAVEN, April-May 1996 A huge poster of a lactating breast loomed before me at my first childbirth preparation class many years ago. My husband and I sat on folding chairs before the huge cross-section that showed blue ducts, red sinuses, green alveoli, and pink fatty tissues. Who knows how many potential […]
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Saturday, December 30, 2006
Originally published in LLL of Pennsylvania’s PennsyLLL Points West, Spring 2000 The LEADER’S HANDBOOK state that a basic responsibility of a La Leche League Leader is to plan and lead monthly Series Meetings. We usually assume that means Series Meetings with just one Group. What about leading with more than one Group?
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