Five Reasons I Don't Feel Guilt About Going Away Without My Kids

Five Reasons I Don't Feel Guilt About Going Away Without My Kids

People will often say to me that they won’t go away without their kids because they feel guilty leaving them. I have to admit that I, one the other hand, feel no guilt leaving my kids when my husband and I go away. In fact, since we had kids almost 13 years ago, we have never gone more than six months without taking a breather from home-life and being away even for just a night alone.

 
Mommy Glossary - The Dictionary We’ve All Been Waiting For

Mommy Glossary - The Dictionary We’ve All Been Waiting For

Have you ever bothered to count how many times a day you resort to ridiculous “answers” as a parent just because you’re too darn tired to think of a rational explanation for something? Or how many times we simply make up an answer to a question?

 
Five Phrases I Will Keep Repeating To My Kids During The School Year

Five Phrases I Will Keep Repeating To My Kids During The School Year

Going back to school is such a stressful time for everyone. It’s exciting, but it also causes so many mixed emotions and feelings of uncertainty.

 
I Am Just As Important As My Children

I Am Just As Important As My Children

When my kids first started eating solid foods it wasn’t even a thought whether I would make their food or buy jarred. I went to whole foods (my very helpful dad also went to Whole foods), I stocked up on organic fruits and veggies and started steaming and pureeing.

 
A Letter to My Daughter On Her Graduation Day...(or anytime before that if she finds it)

A Letter to My Daughter On Her Graduation Day...(or anytime before that if she finds it)

To my daughter:

You are a delicate flower. Omg crap...wait...starting over...wrong decade and century. You are a female...that makes you powerful, strong, and capable of achieving so many amazing things.

 
Women Reinventing The Workforce: Featuring 360 Creative Approach

Women Reinventing The Workforce: Featuring 360 Creative Approach

I remember this day clear as anything. I walked into my boss's office and interrupted a meeting she was having with all of the partners of this big NYC architecture firm. I proceeded to tell her (in front of the partners) that I do not deserve to be treated the way I had been and that I won’t take it anymore. I then said in the most dramatic way…I QUIT!

 

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Farrah & Danielle

Farrah & Danielle

Introducing bloggers Farrah & Danielle from wheretheeffismyhandbook.com.

Who are we?

Farrah: Simply put, I am a 30-something mom of two amazing children, ages one and five. I am a wife to an extremely supportive, wonderful husband. I am a full-time mom, a full-time business owner, a part-time employee, and a lover of all things creative.  I sometimes obsess about and overanalyze the smaller details of life, because they are often easier to think about than the larger and more important issues.  I have a love/hate relationship with people.  I love my family, my friends and my coworkers. However, I equally crave time to be completely by myself.  I am constantly amazed by how many incredible things that people can do, while equally horrified by how many terrible acts people commit.  I love to talk but I hate to hear myself talk.  I am full of useless, random knowledge, and always thrive on learning more.  I look forward to this virtual conversation about all of it!

Danielle: I live in NJ with my husband, three kids, (ages 11, 9, and 5) and two rescue dogs. I'll admit that I always feel like I'm one bad decision away from being the mom version of Lindsay Lohan, I'm trying hard to keep life somewhat exciting and entertaining despite the monotony stay-at-home life can present. I love laughing at myself and at the expectations placed on us moms who are trying to play the role of 40 people in our one little body.  I'm a legit OCD sufferer (the diagnosed kind, not the clean house kind), travel fanatic, and lover of all things vodka based. Please come join me and Farrah on this effed up, incredible journey of motherhood. We, too, have the daily battle of wanting to hug our kids to death while also wanting them to leave us the hell alone.

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