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More Than A Mom- Pursuing Passion Outside of Motherhood
We all know them. Those women and men from high school or college who, when easily found via Facebook, feature an image of their happy family as the profile picture. You don’t really need to look at their wall or their info to gather that they’ve had three kids and become a bit…ahem…rounder in the face. I hate to sound judgmental when I get a friend request from people from my past, but there is…
Is Everyone Broke? Urban Parenting on a Tight Budget…
Today was free day at the Bronx Zoo. Well, you know, technically donation day, but for my friend M and I, it costs a mere couple of bucks to get our two two year-olds through the big gates and into the madness of the summertime zoo. Upon entering through different gates (I drive, she takes the express bus from the Upper East Side), we were lost in a sea of technicolor camp t-shirts and a…
The Conundrum of the Artist as Mother
I think it is amazingly difficult to be both an artist and a mother. When I think about it, I am hard-pressed to come up with an example of a great actress/mother or a great painter/mother. True, Meryl Streep has four children, but she also must have had an army of nannies to produce her body of work. True, you could tell me that I should be inspired by my children, and I suppose I…
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