A life's work
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A life's work
I wanted the luxury, the joys, of time with my son. Even if my husband were home full time, I could see that wasn’t the solution. I wanted—and needed—that balance in my life.
Katherine Kay • Womenomics: Work Less, Achieve More, Live Better
When I was pregnant, I was astounded by how many people asked ‘if’ I’d go back to work - the subtext, which stubbornly prevails, being that the man is the primary earner - and how many of those, some friends, who suggested that I wouldn’t need childcare. That because I am freelance, I could produce what has become an exhaustive volume of work, incl... See more
instagram.com“No, really, I’m done.” They are reminding me of the years when they were small and it was just me in the house beneath all that snow and Joe was in the barn trying to fix a tractor he didn’t know how to fix, and I felt like the children would eat me. Nell was eating me, still at my breast, and the other two rushed to crawl in my lap whenever I sat
... See moreAnn Patchett • Tom Lake: The Sunday Times bestseller - a BBC Radio 2 and Reese Witherspoon Book Club pick
Unlike her mother, my mom didn’t shirk the practicalities of the job. She read all the parenting theories, pursued all the extracurriculars for both of us and picked the right schools for us to attend. She ran our existence like air traffic control, and she made all that labor invisible. She was good at it, but it was just not who she wanted to be
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