Materniversary

This week marked the one year anniversary of my Maternity Leave. Or, as I should more appropriately call it, "The day I went to work, had to leave, and never came back." You see, like everything else in the Land of Mom, my maternity leave did not go as planned. I had intended to teach right up until ...

This Thing Called Love

Believe it or not, when my daughter was born, I was, instantly, the calm, low-key mom that I had dreamed of being. I didn’t fret when the nurses took her for her routine check-ups. I did not ask about her weight, Or temperature, Or level of cuteness. Actually, that is a lie. I did ask about her cuteness, Meaning, When anyone new came into the ...