A Secret to Success as a Working Mom: Turn Burn Out Into Bliss and Embrace Joy

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Last weekend my youngest was committed to going to the "Water Steps" a man-made water fall in Pittsburgh by the rivers. (Fun Fact: Three rivers converge in Pittsburgh--The Ohio River, The Monongahela River, and the Allegheny River.)  He kept asking. I knew he was serious when he said, "If you won't take me, I'll ask  daddy!" Given that it was highly unlikely that would happen on an unscheduled day, I relented. So, we went. It wasn’t planned in the way most things in my life are. No calendar block. No checklist. No “productive” purpose attached. And, so in some respects it was uncomfortable. And yet, it seemed necessary. It was the idea of my 8-year-old—offered with the kind of urgency only children possess when something is profoundly important to them.
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Let's Hear it for the Daddies (Happy Father's Day!)

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A Daddy and his baby 


Reading all of the Facebook tributes to fathers got me thinking about the men in my life who have stepped up and showed out--showing other fathers how it's done. Any man with sperm can "donate" sperm to make a baby. However, only those with courage demonstrate the love and support that goes along with being a father.  So, I salute all of those guys who took the road most traveled, but fraught with turns and bends in the undergrowth.


Those men make their kids feel loved. And they do the job every single day. 


I love reposting a poem from a prior Father's Day that I wrote because it captures my feelings about fathers. Fathers help make the world go 'round and make all of the babies feel loved and discover their potential. Let's hear it for the daddies!!!


Let's Hear it for the Daddies (Happy Father's Day!...: Daddy on Duty An Ode to Fathers... 1. Let’s hear it for the guys who try really hard only to get chastised by the women in their l...

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