There are three reasons I'm sitting down to gather my Favorite Posts of 2016 right now: I miss my blog! I haven't posted since November, and if I wait one more day, December will go by with no post! And then there goes the year. I want to continue the "favorite posts" … [Read more...]
The Pie Life by Samantha Ettus: Book Review
The Pie Life, a new book by work/life balance expert Samantha Ettus, is a shoulder to cry on for working parents everywhere. And I mean that to include work at home parents, and even parents who are not currently working to earn an income, but working solely to care for their … [Read more...]
It’s a Small Life After All
I'm going to try something for a minute. I'm going celebrate my little life. I'm going to be proud of trying to be a good mother. Trying to be a good housekeeper, a good wife, a good PTA president, a good member of my community, a good writer, a good daughter, sister, … [Read more...]
On Being a Stay at Home Mom
I was thinking of posting a "flashback Friday" picture today, something from back when we first moved to Agoura Hills, and the blooms were still on the rose bushes, so to speak. I'm still so grateful to live here. I still look out my office window every morning over the rooftop … [Read more...]
Being a Stay-at-Home Mom Is a Luxury…For Your Kids (A Dad’s Response)
Luxury? Ha! The working spouse is hardly putting his feet up, watching the game and drinking a beer with his buddies. Neither is the stay-at-home parent. The only luxury of having a stay-at-home-mom is felt by the children. And that's how it should be. One dad responds to the … [Read more...]