Pamela VanHaitsma

This guide was recommended to me by my friend Steph Ceraso even before I had realized the desire to parent. In time, Steph would become my horizontal mentor, or “assistant professor buddy,” and now we are both tenured “professor mommies.” The guide has proven helpful, second to the support and regular goal setting with my friend. More important, as the book’s authors suggest, I have learned to “combine the life of the mind with the joys of motherhood,” and this brings great joy indeed.