I never thought a global pandemic would be the vehicle that would bolster my confidence as a mom, but here we are. We are living in a world of bring your own Lysol and engineer your own face masks out of rubber bands and scrap fabric for your next grocery store run. Like everyone else, […]
Since becoming a stay at home mom there have been questions I’ve had to answer along the way that I find myself dreading and doubts that I’ve put into my mind about the work that I’m currently doing. Taking on this new career path has led me to a place where I feel like I’m […]
I’ve been a stay at home mom for 15 years. Fifteen years at this gig and another 15 to go, give or take. That’s what happens when one decides on becoming a baby making machine shooting 5 of them suckers out into the world:: job security {I’m a genius like that}. I’m halfway through my […]
This entry for me is a bit of a change. I try to use my own experiences to contribute to anyone trying to find a smidge of an answer to their dilemma through my writing. I am {and always will be} a proud advocate of the unofficial Sisterhood of Motherhood. However, there isn’t any advice […]
Working moms are often criticized harshly for their career and family choices, and unfortunately, the harshest critics are often other women. When I met my future husband, I was a practicing Maternal-Fetal Medicine Specialist climbing the ranks in academic medicine. We were both 38 years old, so once it was determined that we had found […]
Full honesty here :: I try to keep a thick skin and not let too much get to me. {It’s a survival technique that I’ve learned well being at the mercy of the sometimes volatile temperaments of my little ones.} But something DID get to me today. I was at the bank, opening up […]
I remember with perfect clarity the moment I realized every stay at home mom needs a stay at home dad friend. I was hanging out with two stay at home moms I’d just met, both trained in early childhood education {I, for the record, have no such training}. In the way of all moms killing […]
I sat on the rickety porch steps outside of the Girl Scout cottage, waiting for my daughter Abby and her troop to finish their meeting. Through the small window in the front of the house, I could see Abby and her friends sitting together on the tattered rug, their animated voices carried out, and they […]
Becoming, former FLOTUS Michelle Obama’s much anticipated memoir, released into the world in November 2018 and unsurprisingly soared to the top of the best seller charts. Many of my friends found their own copies wrapped under the tree this past holiday season, and I heard nothing but glowing reviews as they dove into her story. […]
I have just come off a year as the President of my son’s public elementary school PTO {Parent Teacher Organization} and was President-Elect the year prior to that. And I loved it. During those two years, I heard a lot of misconceptions and misunderstandings about the PTO and am here to clear those up once […]
