I took the full leave available to a California Dad for all of my children after my wife returned to work from her leave. It came out to be about two months each time. During this time, my babies and I were inseparable (mostly out of necessity). Because my wife wasn’t home, anywhere I wanted to go (say the hardware store) had to fall within the baby…
Five Days in the Life: Single, Minimum-Wage Fast Food Working Mom in Chicago
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Thank you for your journal and thank you for your important work of organizing, on top of being a great mother and a hard worker in a place that doesn’t recognize your effort. Your organizing is a great thing, courageous; and congratulations on getting out to all those events. What resources — people/connections — are there here on Medium that you can leverage?
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