Law & Motherhood

One part lawyer, one part paparazzi, one whole lotta mommy.

Who are you?

The nickname I choose to use on the internet is Scylla. I chose this nickname for many reasons, none of them having to do with eating ancient Greek sailors alive. (Though that could be fun.) Let’s just say I feel six heads are better than one.

I am a lawyer who is currently trying to establish a practice from her home, in her pajamas, with her children really nearby.  I am also an amateur photographer (or “the mommy paparazzi” as my husband calls me). I write about my life, the challenges of adding a career to it, and toss in a few bits about politics and law as the mood strikes me. I often post the pictures I take when I am not trapped at my desk under the stairs trying to work.

I am 33 years old. I love my thirties. They are a damn sexy decade to be. I am thrilled and excited to be past the awkward and uncertain blush of youth. (Though not so thrilled with gravity’s effect on the body after that initial blush of youth but who needs all that perk anyway?)

Why do you blog?

I began this blog as a way to stay connected with my family. I moved out to New Jersey from Colorado in 2006 when my husband was offered a great career opportunity. I was a recent law school graduate, had just finished taking the bar, and was expecting our second child. Blogging began as a way to ease the loneliness of that transition. Now I am back in Colorado, and have over 575 posts under my belt. Blogging has become something more powerful than a connection to friends and family. It has become a way to make the invisible aspects of my life visible. Parenting is often thankless and isolating. Connecting with other parents via blogging has made my ‘office’ a place full of fantastic personalities and great camaraderie. It has kept me sane.

What do you blog about?

Primarily I blog about parenting. I try to be as honest as possible, though I often omit details that would truly make my kids and husband kill me if they read them. I won’t sugarcoat parenting though, sometimes it sucks (and not well). It is the most challenging, the most thankless, and the most rewarding job I have ever had.

I blog about the nature of working from home with children, and the frustrations and excitement of starting a new practice.

I also blog about the environment when I uncover interesting information, politics when I am all fired up, and the law when it strikes my fancy.

Do you participate in any memes?

I enjoy participating in a few weekly meme’s such as Haiku Friday, and Weekly Winners from time to time, but otherwise, I write about whatever strikes my fancy when I sit at the keyboard.

What is your attitude towards comments?

I love comments!! They make me so happy!! I would love to comment on everything I read. Sadly, I must confess, I am the penultimate lurker. I comment when I can think of something clever, or at least not lame, to say. Please know that I follow you when you comment, and I do read your stuff.

These are the definitions I feel fit me at the moment:

I am a stay at home/work from home mother of two. I am a dog owner and a cat slave. I am a wife, a lawyer, a daughter, a sister, a friend, a kleenex, a napkin, a pooper scooper, a housemaid, a laundress, and a wipey (ah those endlessly useful pre-moistened cloths). I am an entrepreneur and an environmentalist. I may be insane, if not, I am certainly on my way there. I am a burgeoning gourmet cook (not chef, I don’t aspire that high) and foodie. I am a blogger.

Where else can you be found?

Twitter

Technorati

Flickr

Trusera

I can also be found posting twice a month for Attachment Parenting International on their new blog API Speaks.

Thanks for coming by my blog! I hope you enjoy your stay. Email me!

Accolades:

DarlingHill’s 1st annual Top LawyerMom Blogs