The Columns of Hope Forrest

A Mother's Perspective on "Woulda - Coulda - Shoulda" - - A Mother's Perspective on Her Annual Addiction - - A Mother's Perspective on Dust - - A Mother's Perspective on Strikes - - A Mother's Perspective on A Balanced Universe - - A Mother's Perspective on Aunt Jemima - - A Mother's Perspective on Anniversaries - - A Mother's Perspective on Sherwood & Strikes - - - A Mother's Perspective on 'Lorraine' - - - A Mother's Perspective on 'Words' - - - A Mother's Perspective on 'Valentin'e Day' - - - A Mother's Perspective on 'Cleaning' - - - A Mother's Perspective on 'Time' - - - A Mother's Perspective on 'Ironing' - - - A Mother's Perspective on 'More Hope' - - - A Mother's Perspective on 'Guilt' - - -

About Hope Forrest

Hope Forrest is the mother of two and wife of one, and somehow still manages to write a weekly humor column from her home in Small Town, Alberta.

On a fateful hot summer day, Hope, while folding the three-thousand, four-hundred and fifteenth laundry load of her housewife career, decided something had to change - and she didn't mean her bed sheets. With fear and trepidation she approached her husband's desktop computer, feather duster and disinfectant in hand.

Years of frustration and pent up emotion came to life in a therapeutic column called, "Mum's the Word." Not only did she find herself in the words that flowed, she also found a weapon to threaten her family with. "Pick up your dirty underwear or you'll read about it in the paper!"

Hope's family has come to terms with her airing their dirty laundry - after all, it's not like she ever gets around to washing it! Her column currently appears in the Strathmore Standard and at www.canadianparents.com

Hope's hobbies include: vacuuming up Barbie shoes, bimonthly dusting, defrosting, micro waving, and playing "spot the whiskies" in the mirror.

Her daughter 'Rain often asks her what she hopes to achieve when she is rich and famous.

Hope's reply? Rest, lots and lots of rest. It's all she can hope for.