And to think I almost stayed home.
It was Social Media Week in Chicago, the local slice of a global conference on all things social media. I had done the mental gymnastics to figure out which sessions I could attend considering my two anklebiters and Hubby’s long work days.
There were sessions I really wanted to go to such as Journalism in the Age of Tweet, How to Engage Audiences and Have Fun Doing It, and The Power of Social Media for … Read more ...
As many moms were packing lunches, correcting bed head, and keeping breakfast off of new shirts for their kids’ first day of school, I was doing the same mommy hustle for my 8 month old.
It was time to ship my little Ethan to daycare. We’d spent the past 8 months together hanging out at the house, napping, laughing and drooling.
But because I was failing at carving out time to do my freelance work with an infant around (imagine that!) it was time for … Read more ...
Waiting for the bigger kids to break open the pinata, so they can collect the bounty.
… Read more ...9/11/01. We all know what happened that day. Millions of us remember exactly where we were when the planes struck. And many of us have vowed to never forget the nearly 3,000 lives lost.
It’s been 10 years and I’m left wondering if we’ve forgotten something else that’s poignantly important: Unity.
Do you remember in the days after the attacks, how united we were? Strangers talked to you more, people seemed more compassionate and even the politicians stopped trading barbs.
I know that as a … Read more ...
He’s not perfect, he’s my hero.… Read more ...