Category Archives: working mom
coming home late
as i was leaving the office at 8 PM after arriving this morning at 9:00 AM after talking to my son at 6:30 PM ‘are you on the train?’ ‘no, it’s Thursday, i’m working late so that Friday can be … Continue reading
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Dr. King, thank-you
when Q was 3 years old in daycare they celebrated Martin Luther King day with simple words of world peace. his teacher told Q and his friends of how Dr. King taught the people of the world to be … Continue reading
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happy new year, thank you and joy
so, i spent another day in the emergency room. the pain in my back was so bad last night i could not lay down and did not fall asleep until around 5:15 am. not so bad really except Q came … Continue reading
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peace
international day peace it is a happy coincidence that today, while i woke up resolved to shift my gaze inward and focus on my own internal sense of peace, calm and fulfilment it happens to the international day of … Continue reading
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myself – found
this morning about 10 am drinking cappuccino sans mommy guilt earlier in the week, when it dawned on me that i would be alone for these five days the umbilical chord stretched a few hundred miles i sent out an … Continue reading
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today
as you can see, i am not scraping paint in my bedroom or cleaning out my pantry i will need to do laundry and to clean out the fish tank … Continue reading
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freedom
i’ll take this work this being a mom who works in city and travels on the train and seems completely lost because her family, the family she lives with are hundreds of miles away i’ll take this because i think … Continue reading
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the plan (while we wait – day 10)
The Plan: (written last night on train coming home) try to be on train by 6:30 AM (caught the 7:28) arrive in Grand Central subway to work up the stairs to street stop for coffee or send receptionist to get … Continue reading
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mapping summer
it was to go like this worms compass/orienteering/forest city building shakespeare four weeks of summer camp i had researched every camp that i could find in our area it’s a lot of work a lot of reading a lot of … Continue reading
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