In my prior life as a corporate lawyer and investment banker, year end reviews were an annual rite of passage before I was handed my much-waited bonus. I always dreaded these meetings with my boss because it felt like a cross between a communist “struggle session” and an addiction anonymous meeting. As the dreaded month of December approached when I would have to reflect on how many hours I billed and how much richer my clients became over the year, all I would be thinking was, “can’t you just pay me and get on with it?”.
Wow, I needed the reminder of how often I struggle with the balance of work and family.... It's so hard when we give so much of ourselves to not lose ourselves in the process...much to reflect on.
Thanks for sharing, "Holding Moses: Motherhood in the Face of Disability." When the mom narrates meeting the boy (Joaquin) and his father on the trampoline, sigh, that gave me a good cry...
"and they got him onto the trampoline and he couldnt sit up, and his dad got on the trampoline with him. And then I watched Joaquin just hold his dad's face in his hands....and his dad was accepting that love as enough." <3
Kristina, props for sharing the internal conflict so many of us share as mothers and entrepreneurs. If its helps to know you aren't alone (and I sure think it does), I hear you, I validate what you say and 2023 will bring us more joy, sorrow and some struggle too but maybe in better balance?
that was my favorite part too..."accepting that love as enough". my heart...
Wow, I needed the reminder of how often I struggle with the balance of work and family.... It's so hard when we give so much of ourselves to not lose ourselves in the process...much to reflect on.
Thanks for sharing, "Holding Moses: Motherhood in the Face of Disability." When the mom narrates meeting the boy (Joaquin) and his father on the trampoline, sigh, that gave me a good cry...
"and they got him onto the trampoline and he couldnt sit up, and his dad got on the trampoline with him. And then I watched Joaquin just hold his dad's face in his hands....and his dad was accepting that love as enough." <3
Kristina, props for sharing the internal conflict so many of us share as mothers and entrepreneurs. If its helps to know you aren't alone (and I sure think it does), I hear you, I validate what you say and 2023 will bring us more joy, sorrow and some struggle too but maybe in better balance?