Dear Self, I’m writing the open letter to myself because I really couldn’t sit by passively any longer. I’m very disappointed in you. I’m sad that you don’t treat yourself with more care, that you don’t buy yourself the best and do the very best for YOU. You don’t take time to think through ...
motherhood
7 Summer Parenting Certainties
The hot weather is here and with it are summer parenting certainties that you'll want to reacquaint yourselves with before the kids get out of school. ...
Wanted: Middle-Aged Mom
Our organization is seeking a highly skilled and talented individual to fill the position of middle-aged mom. This is a contract position that includes work-from-home privileges yet also requires long hours, travel, and sometimes unfavorable working conditions. ...
You Can’t ‘Be All You Can Be’
Once the U.S. Army recruiting slogan written to entice people to serve, "Be All You Can Be," has come to embody something very American. It extends beyond the bounds of the military and has trickled into our psyche It plays on FoMO, or Fear of Missing Out. It piggybacks on our relatively recent ...
Downsizing Christmas
I'm no humbug, but I have to admit that I occasionally have trouble enjoying Christmas. I'll admit changing the station when "The Most Wonderful Time of the Year" croons from the radio, as sometimes it just makes me angry. For our family, December is often one of the hardest months. All the ...
Monday Morning Grace
When I worked in Silicon Valley, pre-kids, Monday morning had a completely different context for me. It would set in at about four o'clock Sunday afternoon that Monday morning would soon be upon me. I needed to "shift" modes internally to put on my "kick ass and take names" hat, ditch self-care and ...