For the last few weeks, I’ve been feeling a bit sluggish, and my patience with my three darlings has been used up well before lunchtime. I’ve chalked up my less-than-charming personality to the summer doldrums and the excessive heat. Also, the doctor just told me my vitamin D levels were in the subhuman level, so maybe that’s been making me a little more edgy. But today as … [Read more...]
Remembering What Matters
Motherhood did not come easily for me. My husband and I had the pain of four miscarriages before the birth of our first child,Tom, fourteen years ago.I really felt like we won the lottery when I finally held my beautiful son in my arms. Three years later our happiness more than doubled with the birth of our daughter, Lizzy. Then we got the shock of our life when we found out … [Read more...]
Mommy Makes The World Go Round
In my fourteen years of being a mom, I’ve had my share of tough questions. The ones that induce the reddest blushes have to do with sex. What is sex? Do you and daddy have sex? When do you ever find the time to have sex? These are the tip of the iceberg in a long line of questions from my three kids that I’ve fielded over the years. Usually while we are all at the dinner … [Read more...]
Mommies don’t get sick days
I'm in bed with an extremely sore throat. I can barely talk. I keep trying to reach the office to let them know I won't be in today. But I can't seem to get through. I'm in a full-blown panic because I want to go back to bed, but I have to reach my office to let them know I need a sick day.Then I wake up.This is the recurring dream I've had since I left my office job 13 years … [Read more...]
The Guilt Market
The news has been so filled with stories about the volatility in the financial markets that it had me thinking about one market that CNBC and Bloomberg don't cover: the Guilt Market.Mothers are very familiar with this market. It starts the minute the line turns pink on your pregnancy test. Suddenly you feel guilty for the coffee you drank that morning, or the calcium you didn’t … [Read more...]
