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Melissa Chapman
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This was a really difficult post for me to write
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Marriage is hard; but keeping your kids unscathed is harderMy husband and I are going through a rough patch in our 11-year marriage that is testing the vows we promised one…Continue
Started this discussion. Last reply by Rachel Allen Jul 11, 2010.
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Okay so I while haven't been pregnant for several years and I can't currently empathize with a mom-to-be's swollen ankles, a baby bump that has taken on an orbit of its own and feeling like you've…Continue
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Started Nov 8, 2009
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The Myth of the Supermom, can a girl have it all?
Although every fiber of my being wants to say yes a girl can have it all, I know doing so would be a huge disservice to my own daughter. The cold, hard truth is that the ideology of the supermom is well just that, an idea. It’s a lovely idea and one that has been dangled like a shiny, orange carrot before me as I played by the rules, worked 14 hour days in an office, made myself available to my bosses at every conceivable instance and then, when it seemed within reach I got pregnant.At the…See More
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This was a really difficult post for me to write
Marriage is hard; but keeping your kids unscathed is harderMy husband and I are going through a rough patch in our 11-year marriage that is testing the vows we promised one another and shaking a foundation I thought was immovable. Of course most of us don't go through life fastidiously taking the temperature of our relationships, for if we did we'd never give them the room they need to flourish on their own and we'd never truly get a healthy perspective and be able to…See More
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Rachel Allen replied to Melissa Chapman's discussion 'This was a really difficult post for me to write'
wow. i admire your courage to pen this. you have the right attitude, try and try again. if you really believe that divorce is not an option, it wont be. even when your heart is breaking, hang in there and know that it cant get any worse, its only…
This was a really difficult post for me to write
Marriage is hard; but keeping your kids unscathed is harderMy husband and I are going through a rough patch in our 11-year marriage that is testing the vows we promised one another and shaking a foundation I thought was immovable. Of course most of us don't go through life fastidiously taking the temperature of our relationships, for if we did we'd never give them the room they need to flourish on their own and we'd never truly get a healthy perspective and be able to…See More
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- Staten Island
- Number of children and age
- two kids, ages nine and five
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- Melissa Chapman and her brood of three live in the urban concrete jungle of NYC. She writes Kids in the City http://www.silive.com/columnists/kidsinthecity/ a weekly column and blog for the Staten Island Advance, contributes to She Knows http://www.sheknows.com/articles/813826, Time Out NY Kids http://newyorkkids.timeout.com/articles/features/80594/marcia-gay-h..., iVillage http://parenting.ivillage.com/mom/organization/0,,bnr5qc2q,00.html
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The Myth of the Supermom, can a girl have it all?
Although every fiber of my being wants to say yes a girl can have it all, I know doing so would be a huge disservice to my own daughter. The cold, hard truth is that the ideology of the supermom is well just that, an idea. It’s a lovely idea and one that has been dangled like a shiny, orange carrot before me as I played by the rules, worked 14 hour days in an office, made myself available to my bosses at every conceivable instance and then, when it seemed within reach I got… Continue
Posted on July 28, 2010 at 9:49am
Comment Wall (3 comments)
- At 10:15am on December 10, 2010,
Farrah said… When will I meet you in PERSON???
- At 4:43am on November 10, 2009,
Julie Lehmann Weisman said… - Great! Don't forget about the event tonight, its going to be wonderful
- At 12:48pm on November 8, 2009,
Julie Lehmann Weisman said…
- Hey Melissa, my name is Julie, I work for the site. We are thrilled to have you as a member. Do you have twitter? We'd love to follow you. Are you following us? Judging by your profile, you should join our Moms who blog and social network group, Mompreneurs group, and Best of NY. Look around and see what else you might enjoy. I'm totally going to check out "This mom wouldnt be caught dead wearing mom jeans" and some of your other stuff. So excited to have you here, welcome.
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