Author Archives: jen

A Good Doctor

Although I am notorious for harping on the negative things - at least I admit it - I felt today that I should relate a very positive interaction that I had today with a new doctor. The last 4 years (when I was pregnant with Little A) began my decent into the world of doctor [...]

Time to Breathe

For the last 4-5 months (I could not bear to keep track by weeks or days), I have been covering the marketing responsibilities for our entire For Dummies Tech program - part of this time without help from our invaluable coordinator who was on leave herself. I myself have been on two maternity leaves and [...]

Motherless Daughters

I just finished a book that has been sitting on my shelf for 2 years, Motherless Daughters: The Legacy of Loss, 2nd Edition by Hope Edelmann. The author lost her mother to breast cancer when she was 17 years old and is now in her early 40s - outliving her mother. I bought this book [...]

Self-Professed Microsoft Girl

I was on the plane yesterday - it was extremely early, I left my home at 5 am - thinking over why I have not blogged here lately. Each day a thought pops in my head and I say to myself “I should blog about that!” But then I turn my attention back to either [...]

The “Club”

A colleague lost her mother over the weekend after a long, long battle with cancer. After talking to her yesterday, I realized just how long with lots of ups and downs. I told her that she now belongs to our “club.” You know who you are out there…the people in their 20, 30s, and early [...]