I’m one of those people who wanted to be a mom since I was able to fully understand what a mom was.

I’m also one of those people who graduated from college and couldn’t wait to get out into the world and work. I mean, really work. There’s just something in my blood.

The last few months have been crazy, crazy, crazy in balancing the mom and the work balance. I mean, freaking crazy. I’ve been traveling (at the very least) one day a week to NYC. And I’ve been working on new projects which have really taken up a lot of additional time.

I’m OK with all of this, as long as my family is. My husband stays home with our boys, so before anything like travel or events happen – there’s always a check-in point with him and my guys. Will I miss a swim meet? Will I miss a school event? Will I miss basketball games on Saturday? Will I miss gymnastics? There are questions that run through my head, and I try the best that I possibly can to make sure I can make everything, all the time.

But it doesn’t always work out that way.

It’s tough for me because I’m the one right now generating our family’s income, so the stakes are high for me. I can’t just not do something if it’s a good opportunity and will work for me and my family.

But I do know I need to take a deep breath when a deep breath is needed.

I have 2 hands and there’s 1 of me.  I cannot be in more than one place at once and I really can’t do 100 things at the same time.

Today I needed a deep breath.

And so… here goes.