We had a rough bout of the stomach flu the other night, with each monkey up every hour or so throwing up. At first, I went to sleep with Monkey # 1 and was taking care of him. But then Monkey # 2 started, and I switched beds (and rooms), thinking that Monkey #1 was [...]
Posts Tagged ‘sick kids’
Creative problem solving, monkey style
Posted in The Practice of Life, tagged sick kids on January 8, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
Being a good manager/mom: be empathetic
Posted in Managing Talent, tagged leadership, management, Parenting Wisdom, sick kids on June 2, 2008 | 1 Comment »
Brazen Careerist, is one of my favorite blogs, and I especially liked Penelope’s recent post on how to be a good manager. Her mantra: be generous. Which I love, of course, because it’s not only something that applies to being a good manager, it applies to being a good person in general. Life is not [...]
Getting over the guilt
Posted in Career Satisfaction, tagged Parenting Wisdom, committing to work, sick kids, working moms, childcare, work/life, guilt on February 17, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
I’ve been working part time since the monkeys were born. When I first went back to work it was two days a week and over the last two years it’s slowly inched up to four days a week. That actually seems like the right amount for me to be able to feel somewhat successful in my career [...]
Trust your gut
Posted in Decision Making, tagged analysis paralysis, gut, sick kids on December 13, 2007 | Leave a Comment »
This morning, my kids were acting strange. They were whiny and cried a lot, and one of them had woken up several times in the middle of the night – all of which are, thankfully, unusual behaviors in our household.
I tried to tell whether they were sick or not by taking their temperatures, but they [...]