Comments on: Mom’s The Word

By: Erica Diamond

Erica Diamond — Thu, 19 May 2011 20:18:58 +0000

Jamie, I look forward to chatting with you tonight too! Thank you for your nice comments.

By: Jamie

Jamie — Thu, 19 May 2011 19:39:32 +0000

Hey Erica,
Loved you in the segment and I could definitely see my own life in there (Our nightly dinner ritual also includes “what was the best part of your day?”) Looking forward to chatting with you on the live blog tonight! P.S. Great Blog!! I’ll follow it from now on – and thanks for the warm welcome back on Monday.

By: Global Montreal

Global Montreal — Thu, 19 May 2011 19:23:52 +0000

Erica, thank you so much again! We are excited to have you on our LIVE BLOG tonight at 8pm, and hope many of your followers will join the conversation.
-Lindsey (web journalist, Global Montreal)

To any working moms who would like to join the live chat, please visit the link below at 8pm on Thurs. May 19:

http://liveblogs.globalmontreal.com/Event/Working_Moms_Connect

Hope to hear from you tonight!

By: Erica Diamond

Erica Diamond — Thu, 19 May 2011 14:29:04 +0000

Thank you Jackie. You sound like you’ve mastered the juggle! That is fantastic. Kudos to you girl!! )

By: Jackie Mussel

Jackie Mussel — Thu, 19 May 2011 14:26:16 +0000

Erica,
A dear friend recommended your blog a few months back, and I do genuinely enjoy your writing. She thought I could relate….

You ask how do we juggle and make it all work…hahaha depends on the day…however as a fulltime consultant (who recently has ventured into a new additional career in Real Estate) with two very active daughters aged 9 and 12, I should start a business in teaching people how to juggle!!!

I agree with the “witching hour”, it runs between 3:30 and 8 in our house and depending on the time of year can be a Monday – Friday occurence. The biggest most important thing to keep me on track is scheduling….I can’t encourage it enough. I have even taught my girls to write their events on their own calendar. My hope is that they can recognize when their calendar is full, and also, to help keep me on track with reminders.

Being a fully involved parent and a consummate professional, I wouldn’t be able to thrive day to day without scheduling and more importantly the support of family and my children. I love our life and love the busyness that surrounds our daily schedule and wouldn’t want things any other way. The joy I get from the extra curricular volunteer activities top the days off, and the best part is that I sleep like a baby every night.

Anyway…schedule, schedule, schedule and when things get cancelled love the free time it suddenly creates!!!

Keep up the fantastic writing, and hope to meet you one day at one of your speaking engagements!!!

Truly,
Jackie Mussel

By: Erica

Erica — Thu, 19 May 2011 13:30:17 +0000

Sherry, thank you– I did build this life for myself, but it took a lot of blood sweat and tears. You can too.

By: Sherry C

Sherry C — Wed, 18 May 2011 19:36:03 +0000

Wow your awesome.. I’m a full time mom of four can’t figure out how to fit work in even though the paycheque is always needed. However I love my life too. Great piece and wonderful life your built for yourself love it.