by caitlinw | Jan 30, 2020 | Parenting, Working life
It’s almost February, the beginning of a new decade (January doesn’t count in my book) and time to think about the year ahead. I’m pretty excited about this year. This time last February, I was 6 months pregnant with my third child. I was busy with lots of freelance...
by caitlinw | Jan 5, 2017 | Parenting
I looked down at the smashed glass Christmas bauble and felt hot tears well in my eyes. I knew it was irrational, but the disappointment, exasperation and feelings of failure that had been bubbling away finally made it the surface, and the broken Christmas decoration...
by caitlinw | Oct 31, 2016 | Parenting, Professional Writing
Time is a funny thing. When things are going well and life is busy, days feel like minutes, weeks feel like hours. Before you know it, it’s Christmas and you’re saying things like ‘where did the year go’ to relatives you haven’t managed...
by caitlinw | Jun 24, 2016 | Parenting
I’m 6 months pregnant with my second child, and although I’m definitely more exhausted, I feel like a huge whale already and can’t comprehend how I’m going to last 3 more months while running after a toddler, fortunately everything is going...
by caitlinw | Dec 19, 2015 | Parenting, Working life
I saw this post earlier in the week on Mamamia about Editor in Chief Jamila Rivzi’s decision to ‘lean back’ after having her first child. As an occasional reader of Mamamia, I had noticed that Jamila seemed to be back at work relatively soon after...
