ORIGINALLY POSTED ON YODELINGMAMAS.COM **************************************************************************************************** Last week, those scary what-ifs became our scary reality. My 3-year-old son came down with the dreaded swine flu. Not only had I been completely freaked out by the media, I have friends who are doctors who told me this is really no joke. Not to mention, just the day […]
The Suburbs Rock
ORIGINALLY POSTED ON YODELINGMAMAS.COM **************************************************************************************************** As an advertising ‘creative’—which is what I am in the business world—being a suburban mom isn’t exactly considered cool. How can I be sampling the hippest wine bar’s best when there are baths to be given and stories to be read? And while I’ll never try to convince anybody that […]
Keeping Me Yodeling
ORIGINALLY POSTED ON YODELINGMAMAS.COM ************************************************************************************************************** I’ve worked at Yahoo! for over six years now. Six years! That’s longer than I’ve attended any school, worked at any job—even 3 weeks longer than I’ve been married. (Then again, I did date my husband for longer than that before we got married, but that’s another story…) During my […]
Painful Goodbyes
ORIGINALLY POSTED ON YODELINGMAMAS.COM ************************************************************************************************************** It starts with a trembling lip. Followed by a death-grip hug. Then, he erupts. “Don’t leave me! I need you!” It’s been about 3 years since I went back to work after my first son was born, but leaving him each morning hasn’t gotten any easier. Probably because inside, I’m […]