Catherine Anaya’s Latest Blog Post: “That’s Life!”

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By: Catherine Anaya

Sometimes the easiest thing can be the most difficult.

I took a reprieve from blogging mostly because of some technical difficulties. But the technical challenges I was having almost seemed symptomatic of other struggles I was having personally; namely, remembering that everything in life can’t be controlled and that’s often the beauty of it.

It’s been 3 months since I left television news and took the leap away from my career for very personal reasons. I was gung-ho and ready to be the ever-present mom I had not been for most of my son’s 12 years of life. I set the bar high for myself in that respect. I was going to become a familiar face at his school, the team mom who went to every baseball practice and game and the mom who was going to be so present and helpful with homework my son would get his best grades ever.

Well, that bar was too unrealistically high and when it came crashing down, so did I. 

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