By Melissa Mensavage Last week I attended a webinar offered by the boys school corporate marketing department. This company is no different than any other major corporation, has a corporate headquarters, department heads, etc. However, they are expanding their community outreach programs and making themselves more reachable to the parent community. They are still […]
By Melissa Mensavage Photo Credit: Arvell Dorsey We are nearing the end of the winter season, from a calendar perspective. In 17 days it will officially be Spring. However, on tap for this week is another three inches of snow in the Chicagoland area, in addition the lovely frigid temps of less than 15 degrees. […]
As of January 1, the state of Illinois passed a ‘hands free’ law while driving. As we all know that means no talking on the phone while driving, surely no texting, email or surfing the net. When Max was a toddler and I had just gotten my first smart phone, a pink Blackberry Pearl, I […]
By Melissa Mensavage For the last few months I’ve felt stretched very thin. No solid focus on any one thing. No completion of a task fully. I hate unfinished projects or tasks. I mean literally, I’ll wash half of the dishes. Or get one of three loads of laundry done. Is this motherhood in general? […]
At the end of this month I will have what I hope to be my final appointment with my doctor for my post-partum depression diagnosis I had received after I gave birth to my youngest son, Theo. Eighteen months of periodic check-ups with my primary care physician, bi-weekly therapy appointments and countless mornings where […]
… Summer comes to a close. I usually write about the struggles or experiences I have as a single parent, but this time I want to show you that we are a happy family. I tend to forget this when in the thick of parenting, when I am the bad cop and I am […]
By: Melissa Mensavage Is this career burn-out, just plain ol’fashioned boredom or a midlife crisis? I sit here at my desk in an office cubicle that has beige walls. I hear the pounding of keyboards all around me. People are huddled by the coffee machine, moreso now that the company has decided to offer free […]
By: Melissa Mensavage Will this ever end? Or is this cyclical like the seasons? Because when this started up again, I became rather annoyed with it. I’ve written about sleep training with my oldest, Max, a couple of times previously. He was just a baby and a toddler and we had a bad habit of […]
By Melissa Mensavage My mind is blank on what to write this month. May was a whirlwind month for us. It started with my oldest’ s third birthday. Ended with my youngest’ s first birthday. It also included officially calling potty trained and moving to pre-school for the oldest. It included the elimination of baby […]
We recently returned from a trip to Denver to visit with my sister and her family. It was a great trip. I completely logged off all my techie tools (ok, almost, there was a periodic post to Facebook of the cousins playing). It was a great feeling. The trip was just what I needed, a […]
