“I guess for me, balance isn't about treating your time like a pie chart and dividing it into equally sized slices for you, the kids, work, and so on. It's about the quality of how you spend your time, not the quantity--are you being present and focused on whatever you're doing while you're doing it? I truly believe that's how you can be the best version of yourself, whether you're in work mode, mom mode, or wife mode. When I know I'm giving my undivided attention in each of these areas, I don't feel so guilty about the time spent away from them.” KnowsGivingFeelsBelieveKidsAttentionQualityWifeMomBalanceAreasFocusedVersionsGuiltyBeing The BestQuantityPieDividingTime SpentUndivided Attention Book:The Honest Life (Enhanced Edition): Living Naturally and True to You Source: The Honest Life (Enhanced Edition): Living Naturally and True to You
“Although the frankfurter originated in Frankfurt, Germany, we have long since made it our own, a twin pillar of democracy along with Mom's apple pie. In fact, now that Mom's apple pie comes frozen and baked by somebody who isn't Mom, the hot dog stands alone. What it symbolizes remains pure, even if what it contains does not.” IfsLongDoeMadeFactsDemocracyDogFoodMomPureHotRemainsCookingMade ItGermanyApplesCulinaryTwinsPieFrozenPillarsStand AloneHot DogApple PieFrankfurt Author:William Zinsser
“My mom makes something called green pie, which I thought was a delicacy that many people only had at Thanksgiving, but it turns out it was just Jell-O with whipped cream on it. And it's delicious.” PeopleTurnsMomGreenMy MomCreamPieDeliciousDelicacyWhipped Cream Author:Bobby Moynihan
“I think I'm a lot like other moms out there who feel like if we don't have the pecan pie we have every year, then it just won't be Christmas.” IfsThinkingFeelsYearsMomPiePecansPecan Pie Author:Faith Hill
“We all have rosy memories of a simpler, happy time- a time of homemade apple pie and gingham curtains, a time when Mom understood everything and Dad could fix anything. "Let's get those traditional family values back!" we murmur to each other. Meanwhile, in a simultaneous universe, everyone I know, and every celebrity I don't know, is coming out of the closet to talk about how miserable they are because they grew up in dysfunctional families.” KnowsValuesUniverseMemoriesGrewMomDadGrew UpUnderstoodTraditionalMiserableApplesComing OutPieClosetsCurtainsFamily ValuesDysfunctional FamilyRosyHomemadeSimultaneousApple PieHappy TimesTraditional FamilyComing Out Of The Closet Author:Cynthia Heimel
“I quit my day job the day my daughter was born. I remember flying to Cleveland and hitting a thunderstorm, which caused the plane to lose pressure, and the oxygen masks fell from the ceiling. We felt the plane dropping; the pilot was taking it down to regain cabin pressure. My heart was in my stomach. I found out after landing that her mom was in labor. I did the show and came back to New York. By the time I walked into the hospital, my daughter was being born. She was waiting for me. She's a sweet daddy's girl. She's premed. She has her own pie company. She works for Habitat for Humanity.” HeartShowsJobsRememberHumanityGirlFoundFeltWaitingBornLosesCompanyNew YorkSweetMomMy HeartDaughterLaborPressureQuittingFlyingPlanesMaskMy DaughterHospitalsStomachPilotsHittingPieDaddyOxygenDroppingCeilingsLandingI QuitHabitatCabinsClevelandDay JobsThunderstormHabitat For Humanity Author:J. B. Smoove