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Deciding to Jump: To Go Back to Work, Or Not?
I am standing on the edge of one of the biggest jumps of my life. Either I go back to work part-time as an intervention teacher and attempt to juggle my dream of writing into the mix of afterwork...
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Month Five: The Leap
31 tomorrow. You don’t need to wish me a happy birthday. I am happy enough. This week I wrote my letter of resignation with tears in my eyes. A blessing to choose between two good things, but hard to...
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Finding My Groove At Home: A Day in the Life
I admit it. Before Eloise was born, I wondered what stay-at-home moms did all day. I never thought they sat around and ate bonbons while watching day-time tv, but I was curious what filled their hours....
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Living my Bohemian Writer Fantasy (a Couple Months at a Time)
Our house is in escrow. Half-packed boxes are scattered in every room. By all appearances, we are moving. Five years in one house is the longest I have lived anywhere. Ever. It feels good to go through...
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Month Eight: Hints of Independence
Last night E pulled herself up and stood without holding onto anything for a few seconds. Her dad and I stared at each other. We couldn’t believe it. Around six months she skipped sitting and went...
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Month Ten: (Beautiful) Incoherence.
Up until now, each month has had a theme, some coherent thread to tie my post together. Month ten is the opposite. The only theme I could come up with is incoherence. Maybe it is the sleep deprivation...
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Coming Home
At first I just wanted to get my feet wet, to see what it felt like to work again. Then I found myself to my ankles, and now I am up to my knees. Sometimes I open doors without thinking. Now the...
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Busy, busy, busy bags for busy, busy, busy people!
I feel like it’s obligatory to apologize for being MIA from this blog for awhile. Between my new part-time job as a games (read PE) teacher, starting my own home-based business, and, well, being a mom,...
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Creating Space for Ourselves in a Busy World
Lately my plate has piled up higher and higher. In an attempt to avoid full-time work outside the home, I’ve taken on a variety of part-time jobs. While the flexibility is awesome, it’s all too easy to...
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Failing at Mommy Blogging
Motherhood is definitely a game of priorities. Unfortunately, mommy blogging hasn’t been one of mine in recent months. Now, I know what you’re thinking, maybe the world doesn’t need another mommy...
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Letting Go for the Sake of Balance
Something happened last summer. I was suddenly in turbo drive. After nearly a year and a half of being in total mommy mode, all my other curiosities flooded back. I wanted to do EVERYTHING. Teach,...
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Two.
Little feet hit hard against my knees. When did she get so long? She screams as I press her tight against me. Memories of colic flooding back. Now she’s bigger and I know it will stop within minutes...
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