noon. I could be in the car by twelve-thirty and be able to pick up my
kids from school every afternoon.”
“It’s perfect,” Elizabeth said again. “It’s the perfect balance of
family and work.” And it seemed it would be. A mid-morning show, four
days a week, someone else’s signature on it. A show that didn’t belong
to me – it would give me a certain distance, and the freedom necessary
to raise my family. I think this is close to every workingwoman’s dream.
It’s the fantasy that somehow you’ll land a gig that allows you to
explore your talents without shortchanging your children, a job both big
and small to allow you to exist in all your dimensions – domestic,
corporate, maternal, artistic.
I’ve always been a fan of Rosie O’Donnell. I like her rawness. Her
honesty. How so much of herself she is. So I was bound to read Celebrity
Detox. The most profound parts of the book, for me, were about the
struggle between motherhood and self-identity.
There is no such thing as having it all. It does not happen. People who
say it does are lying. People who think they have it are wrong. It’s
just not humanly possible. Each time you do something, you’re
sacrificing something else. It’s just a fact of life. So the trick is to
choose how you spend your moments wisely.
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