Laundry Tales to Lighten Your Load

Attention all laundry toting, baby burping, carpool-driving moms... Laundry Tales to Lighten Your Load is for every mother, but especially those who spend more time than they like in the laundry room!

Judy Dippel is delighted to be a contributing author to this collection of stories.

Americans wash about 35 billion loads of laundry, an estimated 100 million tons of clothing and linens, according to research conducted by Proctor and Gamble. That's a lot of laundry and a lot of time. From upstairs laundry rooms replete with the latest in red, super-sized appliances to laundry "airers" in the U.K. used to combat global warming, laundry tasks have changed dramatically since clotheslines and wringer washers. No matter how we do it, we still have to spend enough time at it that there should be a few extra perks.

But life lessons from a laundry room? You bet!

Since the average woman spends six hours a week in the laundry room, Judy Dippel joined the Celebrate Moms team and Melissa Howell and Angie Peters, as they enlisted moms (and a couple dads) from across the country to share their stories in Laundry Tales to Lighten Your Load.

Melissa Howell shares, "Mothers everywhere are struggling to keep up with the laundry and often find it impossible to delight in such a mundane chore. Laundry Tales to Lighten Your Load uses real-life stories to share the comical, somber, and sometimes poignant episodes experienced in the laundry room and the valuable truths learned through them. It is our prayer that, through this book, you will gain a sense of camaraderie with other mothers everywhere and realize-as isolated as you may feel at times-you are not alone. We are all right beside you-soaking, pre-treating, washing, drying, folding, and putting away our own freshly cleaned laundry."

There's a story from the wife with morning sickness who was handed a pair of shrunken slacks from her loving husband who had tried so hard to help with the laundry-she learned something about husband appreciation that day.

There's the inevitable crayon in the pockets stories, and a story about appreciation for a son's slimy creek shoes, and even one about a porcupine in the laundry room.

There's laughter, tears, and insights, but most of all, there's a sense that God is with us even in the mundane, dirty socks and all. Get your own copy of Laundry Tales to Lighten Your Load today!

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