life after five ADVICE: MOMMY EDITION
“Are you crazy?!” was what a fellow colleague of mine said when I
shared the news that a bundle of joy was on the way. She was referring to what most would consider a ludicrous decision: To have a baby while completing graduate school. It’s not surprising that these were the cards that I dealt for myself when considering I am from a thoroughbred line of “Do-it-all-women-turned-do-itall-moms.” I, myself, was born just before my mother completed her master’s degree at Harvard University before continuing to earn her doctorate—all the while caring for five children. My pediatrician grandmother was seven months pregnant with my mom when she won the All Jamaica Tennis Championships some 50 years ago! I was also roommates with my sister who was on a full scholarship while completing undergraduate studies at Stanford University … and she was only a sophomore when she brought my nephew into the world. At just two years old, he received the diploma on her behalf at her graduation.
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mintedmag.com | SUMMER 2012