In the summer of 2000 we formed the MOMS Club of West Linn, working with the Lake Oswego chapter (of which we were members) and MOMS Club International to bring the West Linn community a group of women dedicated to supporting each other while serving our city.

We applaud those currently running the organization in their endeavor to continue to include working moms, even if that means severing ties with international.

We found that the value of this group has gone far beyond which working choices a family makes. Twelve years later, we continue to appreciate the connections made at the MOMS Club. Our dearest friends are those we made back then even when our kids scattered to various primary schools.

We continue to bump into our MOMS Club friends as the years pass, and we can’t say enough about the need to keep this organization around, international ties or not, because parenting is challenging, but so much the better when you have a “village.” 

Bonnie RowanDiane Brown

West Linn