My almost 10-year-old daughter and I saw the Barbie movie a couple of weeks ago, and I cried for half the film. What particularly resonated for me was this idea that as a woman, I feel as though I have to do THE MOST to earn the same level of respect that the average man […]
Another one from the Hauling in Heels archive! This is a follow-up I did on traveling with a baby. I originally published this in the beginning of 2015 when my daughter was around 16 months old. It’s crazy how some things no longer apply (RIP diapers.com). In this post, I compare the trips and give
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This post is from the Hauling in Heels archive (if you know, you know). I wrote it in July 2014 when my first child was around 10 months old. By this time, I’d taken her on several flights with me, many of them long-haul. Although 9 years old, the advice in this post stands the
I wrote and rewrote this post several times. It’s not because I’m afraid of offending men, per se. I’m afraid of offending my man. You see, within the confines of our household, “women’s work” doesn’t exist in his mind. When I travel for work, everyone oohs and aahs over my husband staying home with the
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In a nod to Women’s History Month, I’m sharing an important moment in my history: the day I became a mother. Here is my daughter’s birth story. ***Trigger warning: Fertility issues and birth interventions*** How it all began When Steven and I first started dating, way before having babies was a consideration, he had surgery
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