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Include Your Family In Your Endeavors – #FiveBook

March 4, 2016 by Kathy Zucker

Is that my hand? the ‪toddler‬ asks. Dozens of oversized ‪‎color‬ prints of her hand touching mine are scattered across the bed, ready to be bound into the ‪book‬ excerpts I am creating to bring to the ‪United Nations‬. Yes, sweetie pie. Can I have one? she inquires. My immediate instinct is to say no. I promised to bring fifty copies. I can’t bring forty-nine. But as I look at her little face, I cannot say no. She has already asked to attend the conference where I am speaking, which is how I learned the UN has a minimum age limit of ten. None of my ‪‎children‬ can come. Here. This is your copy.

I have been ‪working‬ flat out ever since we brought our new ‪car‬ ‪home‬. I snatch moments to sleep and ‪#‎eat‬ before tackling project after project. Articles. Conference calls. I am constantly aware of the time remaining before my UN talk. Four days to go. Three. Will I finish on time? On the final day, I finish the last call minutes before I have to leave to pick the ‪kids‬ up from ‪school‬. The ‪plan‬ for the final hours lies before me in crisp black text on a white screen. I hit send on the email and head out the door.

Two years ago, I began writing a book. The goal? To share my experiences to help other parents create fulfilling careers while putting their families first. Today, the printer proofs sit on my laptop, awaiting my review. Once I sign off on them? Whenever anyone asks me what I do, all I will have to say is, read my book.


Kathy Zucker is an international social media Shorty Award winner, mother of three and a startup founder at companies including the Metro Moms Network®.

Filed Under: Speak Up, Uncategorized Tagged With: entrepreneur, momlife, speakupwomen, UNwomen

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Kathy Zucker is an international social media Shorty Award winner, author, speaker, mom of three and startup founder of the Metro Moms Network® and other companies. She lives in the NYC area, and when she isn't working she enjoys sword fights with her husband and three children.

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