Why I Love Daycare
I’m a big fan of daycare. Not just childcare (as in, having someone other than a parent taking care of a baby or child), but daycare. My journey, as a working mother, to daycare, took me a year and a half and five nannies. Our first nanny, Maggie, was found only after I let go my new-mom fantasies about finding The Perfect Situation (a persistent fantasy, as I walked my newborn around the ‘hood during the snowy winter months I was on leave, was of running into a seasoned-yet-spry grandmother who had room and an empty crib just waiting for …Keep Reading
Having Faith: The Spiritual Education of Mommy, Part II
I was thinking a couple of weeks ago about a post I wrote back in November, which for reasons I didn’t articulate at the time, I titled Having Faith: The Spiritual Education of Mommy, Part I. Why Part I? At the time I typed without thinking about it. I must have figured I’d have more to say on the subject of the intersection of faith and parenthood. I guess it was a door I wanted to leave open. Yesterday, I attended what was my second-to-last Family Program religious ed class of the year (for those who don’t want to click …Keep Reading
