Here I am, a single mom of two beautiful children – one who arrived in my life by chance and one who arrived in my life by choice. So how the hell did I get here? (Or like a college friend I caught up with this week asked, “Where the hell did this second kid […]
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So one of my best friends is going to call me any minute so I can give her the play-by-play on what it is like to have a c-section. I am going to be honest and tell you that this was not my desired method of giving birth, and I shed some tears when we […]
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LeanIn (you know, the wildly popular campaign sparked and spearheaded by Facebook COO Sheryl Sandberg, that aims to encourage women to pursue their ambitions in business, and Lean In to their careers) has been doing this great photo series that asks women, “What would you do if you weren’t afraid?” I love it. Every […]
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Originally Posted on My Lifetime A few months ago, a friend confided in me that she was beginning the adoption process – as a single woman. We chatted about the process, the paperwork and the costs, and she asked me question after question, trying to get as good a grasp as possible on what […]
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Have I ever told you about the most impractical purchase I’ve ever made? Pretty sure I haven’t – so here it is. And the most impractical thing about this bathing suit is not the deep plunging neck line, if you can even call it that. Nor is the skimpy amount of material that covers my, […]
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Ellie is turning two on Monday, which is both mind-boggling and heartwarming. Everyone told me the days would be long, but the years would be short…but I didn’t fully understand until now, how loooooong those days would be, and how shoooooort these years would end up feeling. And because the days are so long and […]
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As Mother’s Day rapidly approaches, I have become very reflective about the way I became a mother. For those of you that aren’t totally read in to “Cara’s Road to Motherhood“, I’ll catch you up to speed. I was dating someone for a couple months, I got pregnant, and I became pregnant and single, which […]
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If feel that this statement is a metaphor for many things in life. Number one being that if you don’t want your child to poop all over your rug, after you spent a weekend vomiting from a stomach bug – make sure you diaper them immediately after getting out of the tub. Don’t wait ten […]
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Have I ever told you that I hated, I mean HATED saying the word nanny when I first back to work? Friends and colleagues would ask who was watching Ellie, and I would say, “Oh someone that I found on SitterCity,” or “a sitter,” or I would list all of the qualifications that my nanny […]
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I feel like so much of motherhood is about managing. And so much of single-motherhood is really about managing. It’s sort of like if you are the President of your company, and the VP quit – but due to budget cutbacks, you aren’t able to fill that VP spot. So you start doing the work […]
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