February 18, 2015 by Cara Lemieux
What’s the best piece of advice you’ve received about (single) motherhood?
To not worry about whether I can do it, but instead know that I am doing it.
February 12, 2015 by Cara Lemieux
Okay fine…Valentine’s Day doesn’t really slay me…I mean not in the really bad way. But it does…sort of…get under my skin a tiny bit. Or a lot.
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February 12, 2015 by Cara Lemieux
Of course I wish that my husband was still here, but I never would have imagined that we could bounce back from the loss as we have. I think he would proud. I know I am.
Read More › November 12, 2014 by Cara Lemieux
I was recently invited to give a TedX talk at Ursuline College. And I said (sort of off the top of my head), “Rebranding the single mom. That is what I am trying to do in a small way, every single day. I don’t think that the reflection of single moms in the media is accurate and I also know that in order to make changes in the external messaging, I needed to change my own internal dialogue.”
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October 8, 2014 by Cara Lemieux
Two things happened today that confirmed all of the rumors I heard stating that in parenthood, the days are long and the years are short…and that they do, in fact, grow up.
My nephew turned five today. A fact that may or may not cue a mental “…awwww…” on your end. And for our family it is awwww-worthy for sure…but it’s also more than that.
July 29, 2014 by Cara Lemieux
I left a decade long career in network news just a little over a year ago to manage digital communications for a non-profit from home, and truth be told, there is not a day that goes by that I don’t miss network news.
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July 21, 2014 by Cara Lemieux
So here we are…or should I say, here I am…on the precipice of trading in my love affair with New York City in for a life in the Connecticut suburbs (beyond what I would call daily commuting distance to NYC). I love New York City in a way that so many of my fellow New Yorkers do…This city is addictive. It’s the muse of many online opuses, it’s the birthplace of incredible ideas, the fuel for non-stop energy, the canvas for amazing diversity..
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July 11, 2014 by Cara Lemieux
Do you ever have one of those days that isn’t terrible or tragic…it’s just one where…you want to stop about halfway through and hit – do-over? Please. Say yes. And tell me I am not the only one.
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July 8, 2014 by Cara Lemieux
It usually happens at bath or bed time…the parental ponderances…you know…the…“Am I screwing her up? Why is she whining AGAIN about NOTHING? Am I a good parent? Is she growing up to be a good person? How do you teach your child to be a good person? What the hell am I even trying to […]
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June 19, 2014 by Cara Lemieux
I have often said that there are life events that truly change the core of who you are…that rock you so completely that, although your outer shell may look and sound the same, your insides have been changed forver. For me, unanticipated complete and total single motherhood is certainly one of those life events. […]
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