I will kick off the series "Pen > Paper > Heart" with: “Letter to a Working Mom”: Dear Working Mom, I see you here every morning, at our favorite over-priced coffee shop. We get here at the same time and you always order the same drink and breakfast sandwich. You look so well put View Post
Seven Reasons to be Nice to Others
There are some truly amazing people in this world - and I am blessed to count some of them as my friends. These people glow from the inside out. Their intentions are pure, their first considerations are always of others and they are inherently “good people”. They have learned the hard way that View Post
Pin THIS! Easy Cheesy Pasta Bake
“Deeeeeelicious Mama! Are you going to put this on Facebook? You really should!” WOW - Jacob (7) complimented my cooking! He apparently loved my Easy Cheesy Pasta Bake! The fact that he wanted me to put it on Facebook was hysterical too. Does he really think that I put our lives on display for View Post
Three Things to do When You STRUGGLE TO JUGGLE
Whether you are a stay at home mom or working mom, odds are that you have things to balance to just make it through a day. Some days balancing is easy, it almost becomes a sport - you can multitask and get just about anything done - even with a smile. Then other days... well, those are the days when View Post
Feeling Guilty on this Mother’s Day, Letter to Myself
Dear Tove, I am writing you this letter on Mother’s Day, the day before you return to work after a four month maternity leave. The past months were incredible - the best of your life. You have grown as a person - as a mother, in ways I could have never imagined. Your dreams are clearer and your View Post
“Work/ Life Balance” – an Oxymoron
Work/ life balance. What an oxymoron, a big fat lie! How about “active guilt management” instead? When I hear the word “balance” I picture my kids sitting on the see-saw on our playground. When the two big kids sit on the see-saw there is BALANCE - they take turns bouncing up and down, but if View Post
Why I Don’t Want My Baby Sleeping Through the Night
It is 4:00am and I wake up for the 15th time since I shut the lights off at 9:00pm and put Jonah in his cosleeper. Who took my boobs and exchanged them for canon balls?! And where is my baby? He normally falls asleep in his cosleeper, and then after he wakes up to nurse the first time, I let him View Post
3 Things to do to Prepare for the End! – The End of Maternity Leave!
As we all know, all good things must come to an end - and so it is, that I am facing just another three weeks of maternity leave. Don’t get me wrong, I am extremely blessed and fortunate to get a total of 16 weeks with my baby. Our time together is not something I take for granted, nor is it View Post
Nesting… Fact or Fiction?
It’s apparently real - and here to stay... my nesting instinct has kicked into high gear! Tonight alone is a great example of the lack of rationale behind my behavior! I came home from work - exhausted after a long productive day at the office. I started homework with Jacob, while I played with View Post
“Four Boys?! Oh Boy!” – Part 2
I promised a follow up to part 1 of “Four Boys?! Oh Boy!” posted earlier this week. Well, I have been thinking long and hard on which stories to include, because as a mother of soon to be four I have had my fair share of unsolicited comments from strangers, friends and relatives alike. Please dear View Post