Andrea
Andrea is a city-mom about to turn suburban-mom, to a 7-year-old girl who will seriously run the world someday.
She, her husband, and daughter now (almost) live in Pleasantville, Westchester County, after having spent many years in Astoria, Queens. They also have their first child, Amelia, who is a 12-year-old kitty.
When Andrea isn’t running around after her busy family, she likes to craft, having been an avid knitter and crocheter for almost 30 years, and used to teach knitting in the city. She also loves to design her own clothing, and you can often find her hard at work at the sewing machine. She enjoys cooking and learning new things, and when she’s not at home working on her many projects, you can find her exploring nature, different neighborhoods, or sitting at any local coffee shop writing and people watching...but say hi, because that’s her favorite way to meet new people!
The Labor of Parenting
My daughter says that I don't have a job.
She is making a simple observation that, in comparison to me, her dad leaves day after day, often before she’s awake, and comes home after she’s...
Constantly Adjusting: Meet Andrea
Parenting has always seemed like a constant adjusting to shifting variables, most of them outside of your control. And to be frank, that's a pretty good crash course in life.
I think this is why...