Oatmeal at Dawn
This week I became a bad mother. That indestructible golden thread that holds everything together, woven from the strength of motherhood, finally began to fray, finally has proven itself not […]
Category Archives: Career
My week so far:
(I think this means I need a vacation.)
Suburban Home
When my husband and I moved to South Pasadena two years ago it felt like the biggest move we would ever make in our life together, despite being the shortest. […]
I love my job?
My office doesn’t have a window, my furniture doesn’t match, and vacation has been almost entirely disallowed. But at least I like the people I work with.
Long Time No See
Some days I am so impressed with myself. I look at my life and at all of the things I am managing to juggle and I say: Good Work! You’ve […]
I am home.
After two out of town business trips in just as many weeks, I finally took a day off from work to work on the business of being a mother. On […]
Yia Yia’s House
I’m preparing to leave town again. Just when my daughter seems to be getting back to normal after my trip last week – more hugging, less clinging – I’m leaving […]
Far, Far Away
This week I was on the road, travelling not so much for my job as for the possibility of a new job, of a head to toe makeover of my […]
Something to be happy about
So often, the stories we tell are not about happiness. A happy ending is only happy if there has been struggle along the way, and a struggle is only interesting […]
Men in the Workplace: How to compete with dads that don’t have to be moms.
A few years ago when a new colleague started in my division, I was trying to be friendly, trying to make small talk. He was around my age and I […]
