Motherhood

Is there anyone else out there who finds that taking care of your company and taking care of your children/husband is a little nuts?

Here's the question that I like to avoid:  "How's motherhood treating you?"  It feels loaded and people don't want to hear the answer that you are thinking.  Many people expect to hear the word "great" and then we move on to more interesting topics.  But are you ever tempted to say "Motherhood is a joy, I still have back fat, my new perfume is barf, my son cries every time I am not holding him, and my husband wonders where the passion is?"  I can relate to Eva Longoria Parker's statement "My husband deserves to see a wife who doesn't have to tuck her boobs into her pants."  Thank the Lord for Sophia's lingerie on the Danforth!

If you can tell me the secret to being a professional and a mom, I'll give you my EI maternity leave salary. 

I have a company called Music Village.  We provide music education, live music entertainment,  and we write music.  We've written the soundtrack to a feature length film, "the Devil's Tail,"  we've written an educational workshop for the Oakville Symphony Orchestra that was  presented for high school youth,  we provide music for events and write music for my band.  AND, lots of those successes I made while pregnant or caring for my infant.   My team is great at what we do, namely, making sure that you love the music you are hearing and/or learning!

There are lots of moms and dads (or moms and moms or dads and dads, or just mom and just dad, and people taking care of other people's kids) that are a lot like me.   So caregiver -  treat yourself to a massage, because let's face it - Who wants a pat on the back?

This blog isn't just intended for moms and women, men, you are welcomed guests too.   This is a blog about a person who has a job and a family and who thinks you can have it all.  

Now, on to breastfeading. Pass me the KD and a fennel tea chaser.