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The Five Things I Learned In My Rookie Year Being A Working Mom

This Fall, I celebrated my first anniversary of returning to “working mom” after becoming a first-time mother. Ironically, in the same month, I started a new job. In retrospect, it’s not a coincidence. They say the first year is the hardest for significant life changes. It’s a period of unknowns, new obstacles, and inevitable mistakes made along the way. And frankly, since I don’t have much to compare it to at this point, I’d say year one of being a working mom was quite the cluster.

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Frazzled and Fragmented: Inside the Mind of a Parent

I think my brain has either already shorted out or is experiencing some definite trauma associated with conversations gone unfinished. My thoughts are frazzled and I cant remember to whom I have said what. I am completely healthy, my brain is fine, but I am finally facing my reality as a parent.