Anxiety

I did something this weekend that I very infrequently do, I only had fun. Of course I have many weekends that include fun. But to only have fun means that errands were not run, laundry was not cleaned, the house wasn’t organized, etc. Don’t worry, I haven’t flown off the handle. I still managed to keep everything in order but […]

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When you take a risk, there’s anxiety involved. When you take a risk and you have two small children whose well-being depends on your stability, there’s intense fear involved. How does that translate when that risk is also a dream come true? How does that translate when you are completely disrupting the world that those children live in? Wednesday, May […]

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I realized shortly into motherhood that being a parent ruined me. Any sort of sanity, inner serenity I had went out the door. I will never be the same as a result of parenthood. As I prepare for my trip ahead, I realize that I will never truly be able to enjoy such a vacation or possibly any vacation ever […]

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Last week I spent three out of the five days of the week away from my family on a business trip. And much like most things in life, the anticipation of this time away was worse than actually being away. When I thought of not holding, hugging and kissing my kids, I just ached with pain and guilt from going […]

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Over the weekend Drew had a birthday party at a kiddie swimming pool. He was so excited, went running in and fell. He struggled to get up, couldn’t get his head above the water and I almost had a heart attack. I screamed until someone picked him up. It was probably a five second trauma but it left me shaking […]

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For so long I have thought that my job adds an element of chaos to my life that was expendable. I thought if I didn’t have to work, my life would be so much easier. Yesterday the kids’ school was closed for a teacher institute day. I took off to spend the day with my little rugrats. I had a […]

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I’ve only been working full time for a very short time but I can’t help but feel like it’s a juggling act where all the balls are being thrown/falling on me at once. In efforts to keep the synonyms going, work life balance has been a scale that there is constantly a deficit in one area. Recently it has been […]

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Prior to having Gabby, I found the whole breastfeeding phenomenon to be strange. I did it with Drew reluctantly for three months because I was committed to trying to give Drew the best of everything. I was thrilled when I finally decided that I had done my duty. I felt uncomfortable with nursing in front of people. I felt that […]

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Although the state of the union is pretty bleak, the president found a way to make it sound uplifting and promising. I’m trying to do the same. I’m focusing on the fact that I like my job, not that I hate working five days a week. I’m able to get everything in my life done, but I’m not going to […]

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