It’s been almost a week and a half since I left the little boy back home in the mountain city for his 2-week vacation. The house has been feeling empty and lonely since then. A week before we traveled home, I have been telling Z that he will be spending time with his Mama Nana and Uncle Reis. I told him that he will get to enjoy a cooler weather, too. So when the time came that we needed to go, he got too clingy and didn’t want to let Mommy go. He didn’t even want to go with his nanny […]
On Being a Single Working Mom
I am now a single working mom. I went back to work last Monday, after a 60-calendar-day maternity leave. Last Monday was the first time that Zaine was out of my sight for longer than an hour. And it was so hard to leave the house, I tell ya. My Mom almost had to literally kick me out of the house just so I leave. You see, I have been hands-on with my son for the duration of my leave. He has not left my sight for more than an hour. And leaving him for a few hours so I […]