on daycare, childcare, and being a working parent
The notion that people “let someone else” raise their kids because they send them to daycare is ludicrous.
Tag: working mom
overcoming imposter syndrome
What imposter syndrome is not is a reflection of your skills, abilities, or your value.
what being laid off taught me
But, almost four years, two accepted job offers, a baby, a maternity leave, and countless memories and projects and experiences later I can say with absolute certainty that the layoff I thought was going to ruin my career was actually the best thing that ever happened to me.
why i’m paying for everything i can
When I went back to work in September, five months ahead of schedule, I had one major sticking point upon which I struggled: how the fresh heck was I going to get it all done? The all, of course, being almost precisely what I talked about in my last blog: the literal everything of mom… Continue reading why i’m paying for everything i can
i’m not the mom i thought i’d be
The mom I thought I would be wouldn’t love her baby any more or any less. She wouldn’t feel less fulfilled or like a stranger to herself. She wouldn’t be happier. Neither version is a failure.
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