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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 Siege of the Screen
Recently a question was posed by a wonderful mother I know: “How can I get my kids away from the screen?” Since I am not a parent by any means, I don’t find myself all that qualified to answer for her kids, but I figured I would write a post talking about different ways your life, as an adult, can become a little less screened in. I am extremely passionate about this. I believe that there is an epidemic going on in our society caused by the lack of interaction with the real world. What stands between people and the real world? Screens. Phones, junky TV, video games, iPads and…
