"The only limit to our realization of tomorrow will be our doubts of today." - FDR

“Kristina,” she said, “everyone has something. You just don’t know what everyone has.”

One of the best articles I've run across recently on being a working parent is Working Mother. While its written to a target audience of parents of children with Autism, I think the core idea -- that those of us who work should not constantly feel the need to explain why we can't make this meeting or attend that after-work function. Just say "I can't, I have a conflict" and move on.