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Moon Dance

larger view Today is the fortieth anniversary of the first moon walk. Forty years of “One Small Step,” Apollo celluloid celebrations involving Tom Hanks, and dorm room posters of the stars and stripes planted on the moon’s surface. What would life be without that scene firmly implanted…

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Carrier Pigeon

Posted 27th April 2009 by AmandaS, tagged day care, working moms, flu, sick kids, poo

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Today one of my friends had one of the toughest moments in all of Motherdom…the day you first drop of your baby at child care. Dun, dun, DUN! What an awful moment. I remember the first time I dropped off. I had returned to work weeks earlier but Paul had been home for several weeks with a baby…

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Head Games

Posted 15th April 2009 by AmandaS, tagged stress, alone time, ipod, podcasts, noise

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About six months ago, I started to notice something. The world has a lot of background noise. A lot. The sounds of traffic, people talking on the mobile phones, music booming out of the car next to you at a stoplight, barking dogs, crying babies--the list just goes on and on. Keep in mind that…

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When You Wish...

Posted 18th March 2009 by AmandaS

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Is it just me, or lately has everyone’s Careful-What-You-Wish-For been showing up and slapping us in the face? Just yesterday, I got an email from my oldest friend who—having returned to work after the birth of her twins, busted butt at work and landed a promotion—is now struggling…

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Pack it In

Posted 27th February 2009 by AmandaS, tagged guilt, stress, traveling for work

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Like many working moms I struggle with balancing my professional and family obligations. I have a “big job” (trumpet sound)…one that some people might envy. This “big job” includes a schedule that I can usually manage, a decent paycheck, autonomy, etc. etc. It also requires…

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