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Preparing to Be a Working Mom
I returned to work after 6 weeks of maternity leave. You know how one minute on the treadmill feels like five? Well, a week of maternity leave feels like only a fleeting moment. I knew, even when I first got pregnant, that I would be returning to work full time. I wasn’t sad about it. The truth is I really enjoy working and, candidly, I don’t believe I am tough enough to be a full time stay-at-home mom. However, as my 6 weeks came closer and closer to an end, I realized that I was totally unprepared to go back to work and take care of newborn baby. I felt…
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The Best Advice I’ve Ever Heard
We’re coming into a new year, so I’ve been doing some reflecting. Besides making Christmas lists, I’ve also been making lists of resolutions and reflecting on the person I’ve been and the person I want to be. In reflecting, I’ve realized there are some basic beliefs that I live by. These beliefs are best stated in advice I’ve been given throughout my lifetime. I’d like to give that same advice to you now. May it help you as you enter a new year full of possibilities. “Give the best you have, and it will never be enough. Give your best anyway.” – Mother Teresa The “Do It Anyway”…