Thanks for visiting! If you’re new here, you may want to sign up for my RSS feed or automatic email updates - it’s free!With the girls back in school, it’s just me and ‘Lil Man until we figure out an alternative child care situation. His regular caregiver is out on medical leave longer than anticipated, [...]

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I’m back from my week-long vacation visiting family out East. Surprisingly, I have more endurance and patience than I realized. If you ask me how I managed to remain calm, friendly and caring during a six-hour plane ride to and from Baltimore with my kids - without the assistance of my husband who had to [...]

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…when will I be able to use the bathroom without an audience of little eyes curiously watching, or without having to parent one of my children while simultaneously expelling bio-hazards, or at least long enough to enjoy a quiet moment of pee-e-e-e-eace?
I’ve always been a pretty private person. I enjoy my alone time and keeping [...]

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The voice of our children is an amazing and precious gift. In this category, “Say What?!” I’ll share some of the wisdom, comedy, and honesty that come from the lips of our children. Their words have the ability to make you cry, roll over in laughter, or pause for a moment to think. Whatever your [...]

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The voice of our children is an amazing and precious gift. In this new category, “Say What?!” I’ll share some of the wisdom, comedy, and honesty that come from the mouths of kids everyday. Their words have the ability to make you cry, roll over in laughter, or pause for a moment to think. Whatever [...]

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Hey Working Moms…here are some of our favorites online resources and Web sites. Be sure to visit them!

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I’m not really sure what’s come over my youngest son (he’s 2-1/2), but maybe he’s just starting to reveal what it means to be in the “Terrible 2’s.” He’s harder than ever to please and has an annoying habit of running off (usually into a busy parking lot or some other peril).
Over the weekend, I [...]

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I do my best to model the kind of behavior that I want to see in my children, but sometimes I just don’t get it right.
One of the areas I’m constantly working on is forgiveness. I have an unattractive tendency to hold a grudge…for a long time. For instance, during my recent experience interviewing for [...]

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My hope is that you’ve never personally felt the ramifications of PPD, also known as Postpartum Depression. Unfortunately, more mothers (especially those who also take on the demands of a full-time career) know the debilitating affects of PPD all too well. But beyond the “mommy war” debates on who has a rougher time at motherhood, [...]

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Today, I fell under the sinister spell of Envy and Comparison, two alter-egos I carry with me from time to time. Envy and Comparison are something else! Whenever they creep into my happy existence as a psuedo-stay-at-home working mom, they squash my joy in an instant.
Their entrance today began when I needed some downtime from [...]

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