The Young Mommy Life

My oldest is now 5 (wow!) and my baby is 3. Most moms admit that once the kids get out of diapers and into school, it’s tempting to think, “Maybe we should just have one more…?” There’s something about having a baby in the house. Yes, it’s exhausting and you’re doing so much laundry and [...]

I’ve been trying to think of what my “word” for 2012 should be. Last year I declared that 2011 was going to be the year of focus and for the most part it was. My relentless push in all areas resulted in a pretty darn good year. But I’m realizing I spent a lot of [...]

I said that 2011 was all about “focus.” Well, somewhere in the shuffle my focus got lost and I found myself “yes, yes, yes”ing to everything that came my way. Part of that was because I’m self-employed now and turning down an opportunity means my kids might not eat next month. I was ripping and running [...]

As I type this, it’s about four days before my son starts preschool. It will be the first time in a full year that he will be someplace other than just with me all day. I tried to do the superwoman thing and make $50K a year while working from home, with no babysitter, and [...]

I discovered I was pregnant my junior year of college. At the time, I had a roommate and we lived in the “cool” dorms. So that summer I went to New York and had a roommate there as part of the internship program I was completing. Then when I came back home to Ohio from [...]