I love traveling. Spending time away from the stresses of life, immersing in another culture and experiencing new things — what’s not to love? Traveling, however, became nearly impossible for awhile because my lupus was very active. I was also a new mom with a newborn. These two factors worked against indulging in travels. But …
It felt like I was thrown into an episode of the Twilight Zone. The story would have been about long, endless, sleepless nights. My 24 hours were broken into 2 hour sets. There were no mornings, afternoons or nights. There were no days. There were only feeding, changing, bathing, and soothing our newborn. Our son …
I was flipping through a magazine in the doctor’s waiting room when I came across this ad: I felt a flood of emotions. After all, I AM a mom who has to take a sick day, every single day. I felt ashamed. “That’s right. As a mom, I should not be taking sick days. …
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