Work-Life Balance & Family

My daughter is two years old. She strings together short sentences, and every day brings a new revelation. She recognizes the houses on our street, and clumsily feeds herself using a fork or sometimes just her fingers. She puts blocks together, one by one, and thoughts together, one by … [Read more...] about Why My Child Has Made Me a Kinder Person

I keep all of my stress wrapped up tight in my body, wound around me in layers. And while I'm on autopilot through much of the week -- working, commuting, commandeering bath time and playtime and dinnertime, sweeping through each mess in my house with my hands flying everywhere -- the one … [Read more...] about Mommy Mindfulness

Occasionally, I have separation anxiety, and wonder if I'm the other woman. That is, the woman who isn't grandma or the daycare teacher. The woman who is around just sometimes, waving hello and goodbye, and putting my daughter Sophie to bed when her eyes are tiny, shrinking slits at the … [Read more...] about The Other Woman… Otherwise Known as Mommy

There's a Lonestar song you may have heard called "Mr. Mom" that chronicles a day in the life of an overwhelmed stay-at-home dad. The singer opines, "How much smoke can a stove make? Kids won’t eat my charcoal cake. It's more than any man can take, being Mr. Mom."  In fact, the Pew … [Read more...] about Mr. Mom