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The Choices We Make for Family
Balancing an ambitious career with twins seemed possible until it no longer was. Katie Trexler, a former morning news anchor, examines the quiet trade-off associated with motherhood and the desire to honor both family and self.
When I was a new mom in my late thirties, I thought I just might be one of those remarkable women who could have it all—a fulfilling career and happy life at home with my husband and children.
After nearly a decade of paying my dues in television news, I landed my dream job as a morning anchor in my hometown of Denver. A couple of years later, after struggling through infertility, my husband and I welcomed healthy twins, a boy and a girl.
For several years as a young mom, I was convinced I might have the nearly perfect life I desired.
"Turns out, flexibility and balance also had costs."
It was often painful waking up after two o'clock in the morning to get to the station for my shift. And I felt guilty that I was not there when my children woke up. Instead, it was their dad or the nanny.
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