Michelle Obama, Girlfriend Time, and Back-to-School Awesomeness
First Lady Michelle Obama is guest editor this week on iVillage. I had no ideas when the editors asked for my thoughts on nurturing and protecting girlfriend time, that they would be included along with advice from Michelle Obama and her friends. Naturally, I’m a little excited about that!
But also guilty.
You see, I had all kinds of good intentions to post and cross post and promote the goodness on iVillage this week. But then it suddenly got all hot newsy around here. Oklahoma was the center of the parenting news universe when a high school denied its valedictorian her diploma and I had to go and advocate the minority view that she should have apologized. Then a Kindergartner had to change his offensive Michigan shirt and I could not help but offer some measured opinion on that.
Serious happenings here in the heartland.
Yesterday I realized the real mom sleep advice piece I contributed had been published and was also part of the First Lady’s editorial curated content. How cool is that? So much fun for me and all my friends and acquaintances who contributed their personal stories to that.
Contributing to this weird and fun week is that it’s the first week back for my youngest, meaning I have been working on all cylinders amid the child-free days. And I’m speaking tomorrow at the Arkansas Women Bloggers Unplugged Conference tomorrow. (Which also means I have to find my way through the Ozarks to a place called Mountain View tonight. Could be interesting.) If ever I needed to unplug, it’s this weekend.
Did I mention this is my favorite season? Early fall–not later when all the holidays accumulate and clog my brain like too much eggnog–but right now, while everything is first-day-of-school new. It’s the season of possibility and I plan to milk it for all I can before the dark post-holiday winter begins. You with me?
I hope you’ll join me in celebrating this very fun season. Check out some of the special back to school stories on iVillage. Kelly Wallace’s video interviews with Mrs. Obama are warm and chatty, and they reinforced for me that no matter what you’re doing or where you are, we’re all in this together.
Image: screenshot from iVillage.com
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