An old college friend came to visit Ellie and I this past weekend…he drove more than 8 hours to come and chill for about 40 hours…and I use the term “chill” very loosely – because a precocious two-year-old leads to many things – but chillin ain’t one of them. He also came to catch […]
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Since I can remember, I’ve been fascinated with two different parts of tragedy, or should I say an upheaval in life – one is the instant BEFORE something life altering happens…and then the second obsession is why some people are incredibly resilient and others…well… aren’t. When I volunteered at a pediatric cancer hospital, I would […]
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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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Guest Post By TJ Garvin Every night my daughter asks my wife and I to sing her “our” song. For my wife that song is short and simple and all about Reagan, a sweet made up song that basically says my daughter is crazy – but in a sweet loving bed time song. My […]
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I remember back when I was pregnant with Ellie, a coworker asked me what I planned to do for childcare. I explained that a nanny was really the only option…being single and working crazy hours didn’t make daycare even a remote possibility. I HATED even saying the word “nanny”. It is such a loaded word…one […]
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Originally posted on Lifetime Moms I recently left my job as a producer at a major network news organization, where I was out of the house and in an office, control room, or in the field for at least 50 hours a week. I accepted a position as the managing editor and digital director for […]
Read More ›Recently, a public relations executive for an unnamed organization said that parents should “engage in imaginative play with their children for at least an hour every day.” At first glance, this parent wonders when everyone will stop telling me what I should and should not do with my child. Full disclosure, I am still not […]
Read More ›Originally Posted on Lifetime Moms Earlier this week, Marissa Mayer, Chief Executive Officer of Yahoo, announced that the company would be extending maternity leave and paternity leave. They are allowing moms sixteen weeks of paid time off and dads eight paid weeks off after the birth of a child. New fathers and mothers who have […]
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Originally Posted on Lifetime Moms One of the constants in parenting that applies to every single person with kids, is that at some point, someone who has absolutely no business doing so – will give you a piece of unsolicited advice. This happens quite frequently in New York, and I chalk it up to the […]
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Originally Posted on Lifetime Moms There is a child care crisis going on in the United States right now. I recently read two thought-provoking pieces about the lack of affordable, quality child care in the United States and the huge impact it is having on tons of women. There was a point in history when […]
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