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As I picked up my son’s clothes off the bathroom floor and walked into his bedroom to drop them in the hamper for the 7th night this week,

How many me’s do I see? One-two,  One-two-three. (Is three two too many?) Working me, married me, Driving-in-a-car, Mommy me, daughter me, Living-near-and-far. How many me’s do you see? Four-five-six-seven-eight. Which me do you appreciate? Calm me, centered

At some point, my son lost a glove.  One of his precious little blue and grey mittens that fit his 2-1/2 year old hands just perfectly. This is a

Reflecting back on this year, it’s been a noisy one in the Land of the Working Mom. Let’s start with two words: presidential campaign. Need I say more?

Oh, the word that causes me to cringe, to rethink my time management, to wait with baited breath for the other person to get upset. That little two

I’m two weeks into a new school year, I’ve learned all my students’ names, I’ve submitted six assignments into our online grading system, I’ve met a handful of

I'm going to say that unpopular thing that moms, especially working moms, aren't supposed to say. Ya ready? Sometimes, I just bide my hours until bedtime. I know. It's shocking

I work full time, and I just started a brand new job with better money and much more responsibility.  It was a great career move.  However, my 20

We've all talked a lot about working mom brain, and how that can make life chaotic. In fact, I think we've even established that it's mostly the "mom"

"I don't have any time!" Often, I find my brain screaming these words when I become overwhelmed by all of the plates I'm juggling. Personally, I feel like my

I'm reaching for the red pepper when I hear it. SPLAT! Juice? Water? Orange slice? Milk from a cereal bowl? I do a systems-check roll call somewhere deep

It is kinda known around the LWM round table that I am the nerd of the bunch. I am cool with that. I have been a nerd all

Last week I wrote about all of my scatterbrained ways. You would think that I was all prepared to tackle the work week with all guns a blazing.