Guest Post: Lynn Polin from Kindred Beginnings
This Guest Post comes from Lynn Polin, the Creator of Kindred Beginnings , a family-building support community. The Morning. It’s 7:47 AM and I’m in a sweat as I sit in traffic, my heart beating out of my chest because I have exactly 8 minutes to fight the car drop-off line, park and sign into the main office before I’m considered tardy. This is exactly why I leave my house at 6:30 AM on a regular morning. But these days my mornings are far from regular. I left my house early this morning. 6:15 AM to be exact. I drove in the pitch black, parked in the same spot I always do and walked into the doctor’s office for my 7:00 AM morning monitoring appointment. “Hi. I know I’m early but was hoping if I came early I can get out earlier and make it to work on time.” No such luck today. I didn’t get the 6:30 or even the 6:45 appointment. It was the 7. I had been up all night dreading the 7 because I knew my morning would be anything but zen. At 7:01 I’m still in the waiting room tapping my foo