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Lisa Robbin Young is a renaissance woman and working mom on a mission to inspire other working moms to bring harmony and balance to their lives. Learn more about Lisa and her multipassionate endeavors at http://www.LisaRobbinYoung.com
My son left for camp over a year ago. The changes in that time have been wonderful, awesome and frightening. In a week, he'll be home for his first anniversary home visit. His first visit from camp LAST February was daunting. Always the negotiator, he often wo ... Read more...
When I was a financial advisor, my trainer liked to remind me that "life happens every 6 months".
Boy, has life happened to us.
With my head down, I plowed forward to launch a new company, a Read more...
As we prep for the second visit to the camp, already we've been blessed with several letters from Forest. Each one is a little more conversational. Each one reveals a little more about his feelings.
In an email from the camp, the camp director, Joe, tells me ... Read more...
My worst fear came true.
As we piled in the car to take Forest on his first family visitation experience, he asked about my baby.
"Where's Liam? Has he been asking about me?"
And no matter how many different ways I prepared for that qu ... Read more...
Yesterday, I turned 35.
It's the first birthday since Forest was born that he wasn't here to put butter on my nose (Hubby's family tradition). And while I miss my son, it was entirely the best birthday I've ever had.
Which gives me twinges of guilt. A ... Read more...
As I write this, the house is incredibly quiet. Forest has spent the last few days before our departure on a min-vacation with friends. He returns this evening, and the quiet solitude of my present space will once again be filled with the anxiety, noise and clatter ... Read more...
As Christmas fast approaches, I am reminded that in about a week, Forest will make his departure and head off to a wilderness camp for "boys with emotional problems."
I'm still feeling the sting of those words: "emotional problems"
... Read more...
There are days when being a mom isn't all it's cracked up to be.
And then there are the other days...
I began as a single, 'accidental mom' and in the 12 intervening years, I have come to realize that being a mom is the biggest blessing and challe ... Read more...
