Welcome to the Tired Tribe!

It is only right that I start off this blog by properly introducing myself. I am a wife, full time career lady and mom of two very special kids. My family and my kids are my number one priority but I also enjoy having a career. This is the reason why I struggle on a daily basis with balancing everything. Some days my career/job has taken top priority and on most other days, it is my family who occupies that top spot. It is a never ending battle of who will take that number one place sometimes and the guilt is never too far behind on those days. I try my best to be everything to everyone and to accomplish as much as possible on a daily basis but I don’t always accomplish that and I learned that it’s perfectly fine to end the day with things on my to do list that never got crossed off. I don’t have to be perfect. I don’t have to do it all. I just have to do my best for my family while maintaining my sanity at work.

Having children with special needs will add a whole other level of challenges for those of us who choose to go back to work full time. Your PTO/Vacation days are no longer being saved for that fancy vacation you were planning. They are now being hoarded away for IEP meetings, teacher parent conferences, sick days and those other miscellaneous days were your kiddo feels he has no desire to be in school so you have to leave work early to scoop them up. It is hard but it is definitely not impossible. There are many of us out there doing this every single day. We might look like zombies when we get to work but we do it on a daily basis and then get back up the next day and do it again. We are all part of the Tired Tribe of working moms raising some pretty special kids and crushing it along the way.

In the coming weeks I will share with you our stories and hopefully they will inspire you to find love, laughter and motivation within your on journeys.