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Pipedreams and Motherhood

By Kerry-Ann Edwards
I am a 31 (soon to be 32) year old mother of two under 4. I am a wife and budding entrepreneur. I am Chief Operating Officer of my budding business (as well as client manager, administrative assistant, and anything else that has to be done). I work in sales at a top financial firm and I am married to my business partner (which means business never stops). I live a rich life, juggling the demands and pressures of motherhood, wifehood, work and new business development while trying to hold on to the dreams I dreamt as a little girl. I am living a pipedream of having it all, while trying to maintain my sense of self. This is my life, pipedreams and motherhood.
So technically I have failed miserably with my plan to woo my husband into complete awe of me.  I imagined that he would give me want every woman wants—complete obsession with his smart, beautiful, alluring wife.  But after about 3 weeks of tr ... Read more...
As an overachieving type A (squared) personality control freak, I have always worked HARD.  I have burned the midnight oil on various occasions from securing my first job to acing my business school statistics class to running my event plannin ... Read more...
I have recently begun to read a book, a bestseller that in a nutshell centers on newly discovered love.  Needless to say, I am beyond jealous of this fictional heroine whose lover would give his life for her.  Frankly, I think if it came ... Read more...
I have given up!  ...on being perfect!  My perfect day: Wake up at 4AM and go for a run.  Get to work by 5:45AM and finally close that new account that has kept me in the office for the past 8 months.  Leave work by 5pm so that I could beat traff ... Read more...