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Confessions of an Internet Junkie

I’ve been kinda silent lately…for a number of reasons.  One, the semester has just started back up and I’m once again trying to figure out how to balance being a full time mama with being a full time PhD student – not to mention I’m still scraping the rust off the ole’ academic brain after [...]

Give Me a Break

So, it’s been a while since I’ve posted anything, and by a while, I’m pretty sure it’s been months. (Thanks, Meredith, for carrying on without me!). Part of the reason I disappeared was because I changed jobs after five years at my previous job, and my new job isn’t nearly as condusive to sitting at my [...]

Life in the Fourth Trimester

Enjoying newborn Eleanor snuggles

You may have heard of the fourth trimester. Basically, it’s the idea that the first 3 months of life are very much an extension of life in the womb for baby. Baby has spent 40 weeks (or there abouts!) having her every need attended to. She never knew [...]

Our Lives in Pictures and Statuses

If you looked at my son’s life in pictures, it would be safe to assume that I was hardly around him – ever. I’m in maybe 5% of the pictures. Of course, that is because I’m the one behind the camera, but no one really knows that, and in 50 years, no one will know [...]

Finding Balance is Important for Dads, too

I grew up in a very stereotypical American nuclear family. My dad worked in the corporate world, and my mom stayed home with the kids. My dad often travelled, and like all of the fathers our circle of friends, he took every opportunity he had to climb the corporate ladder. This is just the way things [...]

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