I love my son's preschool, but it is not set up for the working mom.  Morning care doesn't start until 8:15 and after care ends at 5:30.  Summer camp only goes until 3, and even then it is only 6 weeks.  They closed for 2 weeks for winter break and spring break.  There are meetings [...]

I got pulled out of a meeting recently with the note from my secretary every working mom dreads.  "Call Michael's school ASAP.  He is sick."  They had called my cell phone, which I left stupidly on my desk, and my work phone, and luckily called my secretary's number which is on my voice mail.  I [...]

My 3 year old came home from preschool asking a bunch of questions about marriage.  From what I could gather from the limited information he gave me, a classmate had been absent for a few days because a parent had recently gotten married, or remarried, I wasn't sure. "Mommy, what's marriage? Avery got married.  Are [...]

I have spent the last month, well actually over a month, really, really, sick.  It started with unexplained vertigo and dizziness, and the first diagnosis was a stomach bug.  The dizziness never went away and after a number of doctor's appointments a doctor finally saw a red circular rash on my arm and said, "I [...]