My new job started off great. My colleagues were nice, I had the flexibility that working moms can only dream of, and I was doing the same thing I had done for the previous decade but with a much larger company - easy peasy, as my daughter says. Once the newness wore off though, it... Read more
My leave of absence was just what I needed to feel better (but was also the beginning of a downward spiral into a state of denial). It was summertime in Boston, which is pretty much magical in any given year, but we were coming off a winter with record breaking snow, so it was that... Read more
Of course, I did not stay off the internet. It was a personal challenge. How deep into the interwebs could I go and how long could I stay in without taking a breath? I had a brain AVM. It didn’t take me long to discover the worst outcomes imaginable. I read the websites over and... Read more
John was a fussy baby. We had trouble nursing, and it seemed I just couldn’t get the timing of the feedings quite right. On top of that, I had a hard time dealing with my dad’s cancer, which doctors officially confirmed the day we brought John home from the hospital (he was two days old). ... Read more
