Real talk - A Powerful Message from Growing Pains

They say it takes 6 weeks to form a habit. So trying to get back into work-mode after 4 months of maternity leave has been interesting for Specky.  Life at home with a baby is busy but slow-moving.  Now the mornings are about rushing around trying to get herself, the baby and her toddler ready (in Specky's half-awake husband's defense, he does try to help - he's just not 4 steps ahead of the game like you need to be for a smooth morning!).

But the first day back, it all felt strangely normal to hop on the train with the masses to head into the City again.  She saw the same guy at the newsstand and the same commuters she'd seen every weekday for 3 years. Specky's reminded of a Growing Pains episode where Mike stays home sick from school and in the afternoon hears the school bus outside his house and is shocked to discover the day went on even though he wasn't an active participant. He realized, and was shocked actually, that whether or not he was actually involved in it, the world kept moving on with or without him. Oh right. There's life beyond maternity leave.