Sometimes, being a working mom feels impossible. Like, running-on-the hamster-wheel-and-going-absolutely-nowhere ridiculous. Now don’t get me wrong – moms who stay at home or work at home don’t have it any easier. I lost my child care for a couple of days this week…
Girl. I almost pulled all my hair out this morning dealing with my son. He should have been the one who almost ended up bald. Let me tell you the story… It all started a couple of years ago when we bought Chrome books…
Have you ever looked back over a year or two in your life? How about five years? Ever look back over a decade? I almost never look back over the time that’s past in my life. It’s always go, go, go, from one thing…
I almost lost my mind in the supermarket this week. I’ll explain… For those of you who’ve been following, we’ve had a lot of churn in our homeschool teacher situation. Suffice it to say, for the past year I’ve been interviewing teachers and have…
Happy New Year! Here we are in 2020 and it’s back to the hustle. I’ve gotten two birthdays down, two to go (the oldest just turned thirteen and the youngest seven. The twins will be eleven at the end of the month!). I’ve been…
Does anyone else feel anxious about starting the New Year “right”? I love the New Year – all the hope of a new start, a fresh beginning, leaving behind the struggles and disappointments of a tough year. It’s kind of the same feeling I…
We made it through Christmas! Did you have a great time with your family and yummy food and opening gifts? We had a wonderful Christmas morning, eating blueberry muffins my middle daughter made and seeing what gifts we all gave each other. It was…
Christmas is five days away. How do you feel when you read that? I’ve been asking my patients about their plans for Christmas and it’s really interesting the different responses I’ve gotten. Some women are crazy busy with cooking and shopping, and some are just…
You would not believe the day I had yesterday… It’s been a long haul recently. As a practicing OBGYN, every week’s schedule is different – some days I’m in the office, some I’m doing surgery, and some I’m in the hospital managing laboring patients…
It’s here… This is the time of the year when everything seems to be happening all at once. From October to February, we have Halloween, our anniversary, his birthday, Thanksgiving, Christmas, and all four kid’s birthdays in the 30 days after Christmas. I…