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Swati Bharteey has been a single working mother since 2003. She has twenty years of work experience in management consulting, and as a senior executive in corporate America. In January of 2009, Swati was due to move into a new role at her company, but decided to pursue her dream of writing a book about single working moms. Swati is forty-one and her little goose is eight.
My daughter and I were out for a walk and she decided we had to play a game: "Mom, you must pick between one thing or the other...you MUST pick only one of the two." (Emphasized immediately, in case t ... Read more...
Main Characters:
1) One Daughter, age 9
2) One Mommy, age...what?
3) One Orzo puppy, age 8 months
The Setting:
In the car, right after school.
ACTION! Begin Scene:
Daughter: "Mom, the teacher ... Read more...
Cherished Memory #503
Scene Setting & Characters:
One innocent Mommy, driving from point A, to B, to C, to (sigh)…on a Saturday morning with her then-six-year-old daughter in the car.
ACTION!
Kid: &ld ... Read more...
Hellooooo Everyone!
I am SO sorry about my long absence! Life has been a whirlwind, with an engagement in August, and then our wedding on New Years Eve 2010…add on a new job that I started in January, and, well, I am just coming up for a ... Read more...
text-autospace:none">Recently, I had the pleasure of interviewing 3 remarkable women – moms who followed their dreams to start their own businesses. These moms generously shared with me what they think about starting your own business, the reality o ... Read more...
<Warning: Proceed with caution; this post is not for the faint of heart…or butt>
Cherished Memory #407
Main characters:
1) One beloved single mom doing her very, very, very, best
2) On ... Read more...
Do you ever find yourself kicking yourself at about 10:47pm at night for losing your temper with your child? When it happens to me, I think, ”Yeah she pushed my buttons but why did I get so mad? She’s only nine and the situation probably deserved a glare ... Read more...
You know what? I am not done.
I am not done with shopping for the start of school (my daughter still needs new sneakers). I am not done cleaning out my closets (I started at the beginning of summer…three years ago). I am not done with writing my book ... Read more...
Maybe when I retire? Maybe.
Just to recap, I left my glamorous corporate job in January of 2009 to pursue my dream of writing a book (The Single Mothers Chronicles).
And I’ve been ... Read more...
On Humping
“Mom, come look at how cute these dogs are!”
“Where Honey?”
“Right there! They’re dancing and one doggie has his paws on the other doggie’s hips from behind and they’re bouncing & ... Read more...
