One of the ways I deal with my conflict over motherhood and work is by finding a truly amazing caregiver for our girls for when Jim or I are away from them. I have had exceptional luck with finding truly loving, compassionate, awesome people to take on this role and I have been asked often…
Category Archives: parenting
The Irreconcilable Conflict Between Motherhood & Personal Passion
I have read just about every modern mothering/motherhood book on the shelves. I have talked to every mother who will let me broach the subject (it’s shocking how many women actually won’t even dive into this topic.) Since my oldest daughter was about one year old, I have been trying to reconcile this wild conflict…
Location Independence & Moving Across Country
We are moving across the country in less than one month. Like, totally across the country. If you look a map, put your finger in the center of Oregon on the West Coast, then drag your finger straight across (and south a little), then you will reach Charlottesville, Virginia, and you’d be touching our new…
The New Michelle Barry Franco (Note: I’m Still Just Me)
As you can see, things have changed quite a bit here at michellebarryfranco.com. I spent the last part of 2010 having some really heartfelt conversations with myself and a few things came out of those conversations: 1. I want to express myself completely, authentically and with my whole heart in this life 2. While public…
2011 is The Year of the Table
As you may know if you have been reading for a few years, every year as one year rolls into the next in celebratory glory, I declare a theme for the coming year. This past year was The Year of Opening. The year before was The Year of Sleep (possibly my most unsuccessful theme of…
Breitenbush TwitterThink
While at Breitenbush, you cannot even call anyone on the phone much less Tweet your thoughts. This is totally right and good and beautiful. Somehow, in spite of the totally gorgeous surrender to nature and contemplation that I experienced, I still found myself engaging in TwitterThink occasionally. I wrote a few down (yup – with…