Posted in parenting, Pissy mussings on Aug 15th, 2011
There are plenty of CEOs out there who also happen to be parents. I wonder which job they think is harder: being a parent or being an executive. I’d be willing to bet it’s most would say being a parent — hands down. As parents, we are in total control. There’s no executive board to [...]
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Posted in Career, parenting on Jun 10th, 2010
I am a freelancer but I have several regular clients — companies I work for on an ongoing basis. One of those clients scheduled an important meeting for today. Usually, this wouldn’t be a big deal except today it was — a big deal, that is. Today’s meeting overlapped with my big girl’s spelling bee. [...]
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Posted in Birth, Health, Pregnancy on Sep 18th, 2009
“I wish you would go to a real doctor.” We were standing in the kitchen. My mom had only found out I was pregnant a few days prior, and she was already haranguing me about my choices. When I had Big Girl, I had a midwife. I also had a mental block, and an 8 [...]
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