“YOU GROW UP THE THE FIRST DAY YOU HAVE YOUR FIRST REAL LAUGH - AT YOURSELF”
-Ethel Barrymore
Name: Caroline (or TCMom around these parts)
Age: 36 but birthdays no longer count since 2002 when I turned the perfect age of 29.
Married: Oh yeah, happily to B. In 1996 and at the wee age of 23, he tried scamming on me in a bar. It worked.
Hometown: Washington D.C., Eastham, MA., Mbabane, Swaziland and on it goes… As a foreign service brat, I spent half of my childhood in Africa in such countries as Tunisia, Somalia, Swaziland and Mozambique. Bet my high school was nothing like yours – no, I never had a prom and I’m completely ok with that.
Residence: Florida; deep in the heart of ‘Truman Show’ style suburbia where the mail boxes are identical, the sun is always shining and in everyone mows their lawns on Sundays.
Children: T. (7) and C. (4). They’re perfect, wonderful boys. And unless I experience a lobotomy or actually win the elusive million on Deal or No Deal, we don’t plan on having any more. And yes, I would have loved a daughter but I’m over it. Life gives you what it gives you – be blessed, be grateful… and move on.
Political Views: Very liberal.
Profession:
- Blogger and Freelance Writer:
I write at my personal blog Morningside Mom, I am the Tampa City Editor at Savvy Source.com and I am the Liberal Moms editor at Type A Moms. Apart from writing about the everyday calamities occurring in my household, I write editorials, articles, posts, you name it about parenting, politics, local happenings for children, international perspectives and everything in between. And, if the product is one I feel comfortable supporting, I do write reviews. I also enjoy supporting important causes on my blog. Check out my review work (such as my work with HP) and the causes I have supported here. Also I was voted as Tampa’s Best Parenting Blog at Nick Jr.’s Parents Connect and Southern Living named me Mama Blogger of the Week. Finally, I am open to hosting ads on my site.
Please contact me for writing opportunities, reviews, placing ads or any other reason at morningsidemom(at)gmail(dot)com.
- Full Time Mother:
Chef, driver, complaints desk, sanitation worker, camp counselor, teacher, rules committee, entertainer, personal trainer, language counselor, master of snuggles, playdate arranger, potty trainer, fashion consultant, personal shopper, nutritionist, positive reinforcer, manager of corner sitting, referee, on call 24 hours, nurse, health advocate, educational consultant, weight lifter, bartender, sleep specialist, female Wiggle, ultimate multi-tasker, routine enforcer, AND THE BOSS OF EVERYONE.
Before Children:
Once upon a time I was a young woman with a flourishing career in college admissions. Yes, once upon a time I would have considered myself a fast paced career woman, who worked late hours and went out for drinks with her co-workers. I actually accrued almost 10 years of admissions experience recruiting, reading application, speaking, supervising, wearing actual dress up clothes, clip clopping around in heels and going to an office everyday. Ah yes, those were the days. (*Wistful sigh*) But between you and me? While the pay is total crap? I love this job a whole lot more and plan on keeping at it as long as I can.
Ok, well. Thanks for reading. Now off you go. Really. You know WAY to much about me now… and its kind of freaking me out.
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