Moms, when the work-and-home grind get you down, check out www.HawaiiMoms.com, where often it's like a giant cyberspace support group. A woman who calls herself X's momma, anxious about being pregnant again while her firstborn is just 4 months old, wrote: "I SHOULD feel blessed that God has allowed me to become pregnant. ... Why am I not, then?" Within 24 hours, 11 other moms wrote back with reassurances and reminders about the upsides of having babies close together. Hulagirl wrote: "Yes, it is a blessing and yes, it IS hard, but it gets easier as you learn your routines. ... (And) they will grow up together, go to school together, play sports together and maybe even become best friends. My middles are super close, and we've been told by people who ARE twins that they act like twins."

— Advertiser Staff

KIDS' RUN

JOIN THE CLUB, LEARN THE MOVES

Hawai'i's young athletes training for the Niketown 5K for Kids on Sept. 23 are invited to Niketown in Waikiki to join the free Running Club for Kids. Running instruction will be provided by Niketown running specialists in classes from 9 a.m. to 10:30 a.m. Sept. 8, 15 and 22.

Youth under 18 need to be accompanied by a parent or guardian to walk or run one or three miles, and need to sign the club waiver form.

The run raises money for physical education and playground equipment for schools. Registration deadline is Monday; sign up at the store. Fee: $20 (includes $15 registration fee and $5 T-shirt fee).

— Advertiser Staff

FINAL WORD

"Writing a rap, to me, is easy. ... But writing songs and melodies ... that's hopefully going to stick around for 30, 40 years is ... hard."

Kid Rock | whose new CD is due Oct. 9, in Billboard magazine