One 41 y/o wife and working mom of five shares her thoughts and her world–what works, what doesn't, and all the fun chaos in between
Welp, guys. It’s done. Maternity leave is done and I have officially returned to work. It was an interesting day for sure with not quite the full on success I wanted, but it wasn’t horribly awry either. At the completion of the day, I recognized that getting back to “normal” is different in a pandemic. …
Hello everyone! Welcome to 2018. A couple of weeks ago, I’d planned to do a countdown, a review of 2017, my #Infertility9 and all kinds of good stuff. Then, my mother in love passed and I kind of didn’t care about doing those things any more. Funny how the importance of stuff changes from moment …
Wow, things have been pretty busy around here. We’re adjusting to a new normal that includes scheduling, feedings, one-on-one time with the kiddos, and life. There have been some successes and some misses as well (like my almost forgetting to purchase the chorus shirt for little S.’s chorus uniform and my forgetting to schedule my …
You know it would be more than awesome if the mothers in the United States of America had the same maternity leave rights as mothers in other developed countries. Canada and countries within Europe have up to 12 months to bond with their baby and it’s fully paid. I wouldn’t even need 12 months. But …
Hello everyone! I apologize for disappearing. Quite honestly, I’ve been debating if I wanted to continue since this blog was initially started as a #TTC space. I didn’t want to inundate readers with baby overload, but I still wanted to be able to share some information with everyone–especially since it has been a decade since …