About this column:
About this column: Being a mother is a difficult job but the good thing is that there are other moms out there to which we can all relate. This weekly rotating column will feature the writing of four phenomenal women—Angela Atkinson, a mom that runs her own business from home, Helena Hewlett, a stay-at-home mother, Marsha Hays, a mother of teens and Candice Macko, a single mother.My family has had the same pediatrician for nearly 13 years. My oldest child started seeing Dr. Richard Knight, whose office is located on Dunn Road in Hazelwood, when he was just over a year old, and the younger two have been seeing him since they were newborns. Dr. Knight even visited each of my youngest two in the hospital after they were born. My three-year-old daughter, Sophie, loves visiting Dr. Knight’s office. In addition to her affection for the friendly office staff and nurses, the waiting room has a table and chairs that’s just her size, topped with old-fashioned toys she doesn’t …
Elizabeth Stone once said that, "making the decision to have a child is momentous. It is to decide forever to have your heart go walking around outside your body." I have three kids, two boys, ages 13 and 7, and a girl, age three. I love each of them more than life itself, and I can totally relate to the idea of having my heart walking around outside my body—and in my case, in three perfect pieces. Last week, I put my daughter Sophie in a daycare preschool program for the first time. I’ve been working from my home in Hazelwood as a freelance writer since before she was born, she has always …
