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Solo Mother

March 11th, 2008

Career. Kids. Single mother. How does this work, again?

Over at Career and Kids, Elizabeth is having a scheduling challenge the opposite of mine: she’s got a week filled with kids’ activities, while I’m up to my eyeballs in work. I need a kid-free week, but that’s just not possible. One deadline got pushed back because of a little thing called herding cats: trying […]

By christina -- 9 comments

December 4th, 2007

IttyBiz is giving back this season

I’m loving the charity movement through the Blogosphere this holiday season. Having rather recently been a woman who needed more charity than she could ever give back, I will never again doubt the ability of a caring, compassionate community to turn peoples’ lives around for the better.
Which is why I’m writing about IttyBiz today. […]

By christina -- 0 comments

January 16th, 2007

Do you have a professional wardrobe, oh single working mom?

6AM, the alarm goes off. I pry one eye open and groan. Five hours’ sleep is never enough, but there’s never enough time to get everything done! I grumble. I kvetch. I might even curse — but I get up. It’s showtime, and this one hour is all mine.
Coffee is the first order of the […]

By christina -- 2 comments

December 9th, 2006

Making ends meet: are you making enough money, single mom?

I’m unemployed again. I’m sure something new will turn up — I just don’t know when. I’m faced with a staggering bill for shipping my belongings back to the US from Dubai. Believe me, I wanted to just leave it all there, but much of what was there was irreplaceable. It’s still less expensive to […]

By christina -- 4 comments