I met a friendly mom the other day and after only a few brief moments of chit chat, she ended up inviting my daughter and I to a weekly playdate they attend with some other, in her words, ‘cool moms and kids’. Always interested in meeting ‘cool new people’ I took her up on it and of course mentioned I would love to bring my own ‘cool friend’, Dr.Wilma and her posse. My ‘mommy dating’ skills are a bit rusty lately so when this forward mom plopped the invite out there I thought, sure. Now I’m wondering if I had eased up on my mom meeting practices because of so much failure.

The very brave Dr. Wilma came along which always ensures a fun day for my kid (ok and me too). The gaggle of mommies gathered at the park, kids raring to go, and they played, as kids do, with no abandon. I wouldn’t say it was a resounding success with the kids but they all played nice together. Meanwhile us mothers stood around and got acquainted. One mom asked how Wilma and I met so we mentioned that we used to be neighbors and met up at a park. In turn I asked these ladies how they met and they dropped the C-bomb… church. Hmm, sigh.  read more »