Confessions of a Busy Mom
I loved this column in which CNN Weekend Editor Kristi Ramsay offers 5 lessons for a better life. What I loved about it was its honesty. Ramsay is a married working mother of a toddler with another...
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Women Can’t Have It All – Or Can They?
I was catching up on Twitter recently when a tweet caught my attention: Being a Drew fan and feeling this same struggle over the past year, I clicked through to read what she had to say about women –...
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“I don’t know how you do it all!” my husband said to me earlier today. “You take care of our kids, take care of the house, pay the bills, do the laundry, make sure we have home-cooked meals and still...
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First Generation Working Mom
My mom and baby Liam My mom was (and still is) a truly amazing mother. From the time I was born to the time I went off to college she was a stay-at-home-mom. She was the mom who volunteered for...
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My Marathon Experience: From Lies to Lockdown & Everything in Between
People keep telling me I need to blog about being in lockdown with my kids on Friday while police, FBI, ATF and others hunted for one living Boston Marathon bomber. But my Marathon experience – and how...
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Day in the Life of a Working Dad – Part 1
Editor’s Note: Andy is a Bright Horizons employee and working dad of a toddler and infant twins. We’re excited to welcome him to the blog and share in his adventures as he navigates the challenges of...
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Day in the Life of a Working Dad – Part 2
Editor’s Note: Andy is a Bright Horizons employee and working dad of a toddler and infant twins. Read about a typical morning in his life as a full-time working dad in his previous post: Day in the...
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Winning As a Working Mom
I never made the choice to be a working mom. I also never sat down and did the math to figure out if I had to be a working mom. I just am a working mom. I never thought it would be any other way, and I...
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Parenting: A Game of Inches
The saying goes that close only counts in horseshoes and hand grenades, right? With kids I find myself thinking, “Wow, that was close…” all the time. Close call moments seem to be the norm in daily...
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Raising Children: The Sacrifices and Rewards
A little over a week ago, I was scanning through Satellite Radio and stumbled on an old Oprah Winfrey show. It’s not a station I listen to regularly, but I caught her statement at the right time in my...
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Pregnancy: Telling Your Boss & Colleagues
The minute I found out I was pregnant, I couldn’t wait to tell the world. This is my first child and as I was planning elaborate reveals to celebrate with friends and family, I also started wondering...
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How to Tell if Your Toddler Has a Concussion
It’s been a tough week on the work/life front. First, I have a huge project going on at work. Second, my husband was out of town for three days. Third, the three days he was away included Family Fun...
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Working Moms vs. Stay at Home Moms
This CNN article, in semi response to Sheryl Sanberg’s book Lean In and the response in the New York Times, has been circulating around the blogosphere, not to mention the inboxes of all the bloggers...
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The Sandwich Generation: Raising Children & Caring for Aging Parents
When I became a new mother five years ago, I imagined that I would be welcomed with nurturing arms into a special inner circle of women who shared secrets, comforted each other and held one another up...
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Women, Working and Too Much Judgement
Recently The New York Times revisited an article they did in 2003 on the “Opt Out Generation” (i.e. Women who “opted out” of work for staying home with their children) and it’s created quite a bit of...
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Learning to Ride a Bike Is Harder (and Easier) Than You Think
My daughter learned to ride a bike, sans training wheels, this weekend. And it was both easier and harder than you’d think. The easiest part was that my husband taught her. He’s really good at that...
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Why the Sandwich Generation Needs Yoga
I’m going to recommend that anyone who finds themselves a member of the Sandwich Generation seriously consider investing in the practice of yoga. At 37 years old, yoga has been my first step to...
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Are You A Tired Mom? Read This.
Are you a tired mom? Married to a tired mom? Have a tired mom? Know a tired mom? Got my point? You must read this blog post from Finding Joy. It is the perfect portrait, celebration, recognition of...
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The Working Mom’s List for Giving Thanks
This is the time of year when we all reflect on what we’re thankful for. And like everyone, I am, of course, thankful for the big things: two happy, healthy kids, friends and family, a roof over heads...
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Parenting: Flat Tires & Lessons in Flexibility
If I’ve learned one thing about being a parent in the nearly 2.5 years that I’ve been one, it’s the importance of flexibility in the face of the small (and large) curve balls life occasionally throws...
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