How to tell your boss that you have to miss work again, because your kid is sick. Again. You’re at work, and your phone rings. You reluctantly look to see the caller ID. If you have to miss work one more time because your kid is sick, you are pretty sure you're fired.... It’s your child's daycare. ‘No, no, no, no, no, no!!! NO!’ you think. Please do NOT be sick again. I cannot miss another day of work. You contemplate not answering. It’s not that you don’t want to run and pick up that sweet babe and snuggle and nurse them back to health. Because every ounce of you does. But the idea that ... Read More...
Confessions Of a Working Mommy
Confessions Of A Working Mommy There are some days where I rock it hard and I even surprise myself. I killed it at the 9-5, dinner was ready at a decent time, bath and kids in bed by 7:30. Wha…...just happened!? Those days are like Christmas here. Shit just doesn’t happen often. Usually I’m a hot mess. But I have learned a thing or 2 working full time while having 2 babies. Things that actually help my stress level and leave for working in one piece. It’s not a solution and you still need to time your mornings out, but I have found when I do these things, I feel more like June fucking ... Read More...
Betraying Your First Born
Being a parent isn't comparable to loving your significant other or your own parents. The love that is born as soon as you become a parent, is indescribable, which I am sure I'm not the first to tell you that. Do you know what no one prepared me for though? The absolute guilt and betrayal I felt to my first born when her sister was born. No One Tells You I went months and months stressing, asking myself "How will I have room in my heart for two when I feel like my first takes up my whole heart" She literally did. I could not fathom loving anyone or anything else, because my heart was fully ... Read More...