In Today’s 24/7 World It’s Easy to Blur the Lines Between Work & Life It’s 7:45 pm and I finally settle on the couch with a cozy blanket and my golden retriever to enjoy some downtime with my husband and our favorite television program when my phone dings. I recognize
It started slowly, so slowly I didn’t even notice at first. That’s not true, I noticed but I blamed it on being busy, or wanting to wait until tomorrow when I’d have more time. Tomorrow became next week, and then just one more day would pass. We used to talk
I see you there, shaking your head in silent judgment as my son argues with me in public. I see you there, making a face and rolling your eyes when my son doesn’t behave the way society expects him to behave in public places. I see you there, telling your
There are some milestones in childhood that mothers look forward to with great anticipation, and others we look forward to with a fair amount of dread. There are the usual suspects, sleeping through the night, able to feed themselves, first steps, first days of school. We usually mark these milestones
Mothers and children stand in a line, waiting their turn at the window to turn in their papers. The paperwork isn’t for anything fun, it’s not for anything they want to be a part of , but it’s something they have found they need to be a part of. Mothers
You know the old story, when it comes to sex men are easy, and women are complicated. Want to get a guy hot and bothered? Show him a naked woman. Done. Hot and bothered guy. Want to get a woman hot and bothered? Supposedly it’s far more complicated, right? Sure,
I am a mom in perpetual motion. From the moment I open my eyes every morning until I eventually lay my head down at night, I never stop moving. The lists of things to be done are long, never ending, never finished. Wake up the kids, feed the kids, grab
Even before my son, now 11, was officially diagnosed as having ADD I knew that he had difficulty focusing and staying on task for very long. Like most parents, I wondered where the line was drawn between typical boy behavior, and what was a problem. Even before the official diagnosis
Just focus! It sounds simple, doesn’t it? Pay attention and finish the task in front of you. To those without attention deficit disorder, it is the most obvious thing in the world. To those with ADHD, it seems like a pipe dream. We wouldn’t shout, “Just lower your blood sugar”
There are as many types of parents in this world as there are children. I am the parent of a child with ADHD, and his attention deficit touches every part of how I raise him. I’m a live-and-let-live person; however you want to parent is fine with me. There are a
