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To the Mom Trying to Juggle it All

Dear mama, I see you. I see you, sitting on your bed, stealing a moment to yourself. I see the tears falling, a sense of failure weighing down on…

I forgot to move the elf (again), the light-up snowflake fell off the top of the house and the living room looks like a toy factory for Santa’s…

When I was involved in extracurricular activities, I would often look in the crowd for my parents and find that they weren’t there. I would search…

The working mom gig is no joke. Now, I’m not here to bubble up any arguments about who has it harder, working moms or stay-at-home moms. That…

Is my kid too sick to go to daycare/school? Do I need to call in to work? Should I scramble and have a back-up sitter on call “just in case?” Am…

In no way am I trying to make wealthy people feel guilt. Whether you were born into it or you’ve scraped your way from the bottom earning every…

You came up to me as I reviewed documents for a client and, without intro, you launched into a lecture about dinosaurs and sea creatures and DNA and…

I see you struggling to make ends meet. You look at how much is coming in and how much is going out, and you don’t know how you’re going to do…

To the moms in the middle, I know you have friends who knew they were meant to be stay-at-home moms and others who knew they would absolutely be…

This morning I woke four sleepy humans. Some I gently patted, some I prodded, and one I pulled the covers off and tried to roll onto the floor when…