Touching tales, musings and memories of Mother’s Day love from moms at Fox News

Anna Davies
·3 min read
As a mom of three, Nicole Saphier, MD, a medical contributor on Fox News and a radiologist, knows no one can write the book on motherhood.
As a mom of three, Nicole Saphier, MD, a medical contributor on Fox News and a radiologist, knows no one can write the book on motherhood.
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As a mom of three, Nicole Saphier, MD, a medical contributor on Fox News and a radiologist and director of Breast Imaging at Memorial Sloan Kettering Monmouth, knows no one can write the book on motherhood.

That’s why she gathered her mom-colleagues and fans to create a collection of essays, memories, and musings in the new book “Love, Mom: Inspiring Stories Celebrating Motherhood” (Fox News Books), out now.

Saphier opens the book with her own story, of how she had her son, Nick, as a teen.

Saphier gathered her mom-colleagues and fans to create a collection of essays, memories, and musings in her new book. Getty Images
Saphier gathered her mom-colleagues and fans to create a collection of essays, memories, and musings in her new book. Getty Images
“Love, Mom: Inspiring Stories Celebrating Motherhood” is written by Nicole Saphier.
“Love, Mom: Inspiring Stories Celebrating Motherhood” is written by Nicole Saphier.

Undeterred, Saphier went to medical school, Nick in tow.

Her first day of residency was Nick’s first day of first grade.

Now that Nick is in college (and she has two additional sons) Saphier has some takeaways for other parents (and her younger self) including not trying to be everything at once.

“When I’m in the hospital, I try not to think about my son’s upcoming soccer game; that’s not fair to my patients. When I’m at my son’s instrumental concert, I try not to look at biopsy results on my phone, because that’s also not fair. Everything has a time and a place.”

Kayleigh McEnany, former White House Press Secretary and current Fox News political commentator, writes about having her children after a preventive mastectomy in 2018 due to a positive BRCA 2 mutation.

McEnany went through two pregnancies while living with the prospect of a cancer diagnosis and today has a son and daughter.

She also writes about juggling the 2020 presidential campaign trail with a newborn, and how she handles her new role as a working mom.

Janice Dean, Sandra Smith, Dr. Nicole Saphier, Martha MacCallum and Carley Shimkus pose at FOX Nation’s “Love Mom The Live Show.” Getty Images
Janice Dean, Sandra Smith, Dr. Nicole Saphier, Martha MacCallum and Carley Shimkus pose at FOX Nation’s “Love Mom The Live Show.” Getty Images
Saphier opens the book with her own story, of how she had her son, Nick, as a teen. Getty Images
Saphier opens the book with her own story, of how she had her son, Nick, as a teen. Getty Images

Her takeaway: “There will always be another task, another impossible deadline. My children are my biggest blessing and gift, and time slips away too fast. I don’t want to miss a minute of it,” she writes.

Interspersed with entries by other other Fox-moms are vignettes from FOX fans, who also share view on singular-yet-universal musings.

“Mom doesn’t see herself as anything important,” writes FOX viewer Sandra Champlain about her mother, Marion. “But I know—and everyone who meets her knows, too—that she is a uniquely intuitive, insightful, caring, generous, loving person. She’s amazing, and she is my best friend.”

Because, while motherhood is hard/frustrating/exasperating/fill in the blank, one thing is for sure: Sometimes moms need to be reminded that they’re never alone.

— Anna Davies