That’s it. The time has come and there is finally a date on the calendar… On Thursday morning, at 7:30am, the rocking chair moves on to its next home. Yes, I will enjoy the extra space, but more than anything – I will miss that rocking chair holding me while I held Ellie. That piece […]
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So, I am really comfortable in my professional world – throw me in a room with a bunch of producers and I can talk and talk and talk…and talk. But, the mom circle has been one that I don’t find myself as comfortable in, mainly because I work full-time and to be perfectly honest, my […]
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So I came across this article today on Huffington Post Parents,”Vive Le Differencé?”, by Debra Ollivier, and I can’t stop thinking about it. In the article, Ollivier discusses the book Bringing Up Bebe, One American Mother Discovers the Wisdom of French Parenting and enlightens the reader on the differences between the way the French well, […]
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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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Okay, I have to get you to weigh in on this one…because I don’t have a husband to tell me if I am being absolutely ridiculous. Well that’s what I imagine my future husband to say to me when I discuss whether or not a one-year-old should have raviolis for breakfast. Ellie is really into […]
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And others are the best. Today I got an email from a close friend that I have known for almost a decade (friend, can you believe we are that old?)… SUBJECT: PRINT THIS And in the body it read… And prior to this I received an excellent card from another amazing friend. The front read: […]
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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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I am not sure if I have mentioned this, but my sister Adriane is not only one of the most patient people I know, but also one of the funniest. Actually, all of my sisters are funny in their own way, but Adriane speaks my kind of funny because we are both moms and were […]
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Um…so I think I may have over-done the emphasis on how dangerous hot things can be to my darling daughter.
Okay, I am positive I scared Ellie about anything that is, can be, or has been hot.