I met Erja when our daughters were both in the playgroup at Lafayette Avenue Presbyterian Church in Fort Greene. At the height of our friendship her kids were 3, 8 and 13 attending three different schools. That seemed to me like a really difficult way to go about having and raising children. (Though of course all of it is only temporary.) At the time, I couldn’t imagine…
She reminds me of my mother. Calm. Oragaized. I miss her. We lost touch when our daughters went to different public schools.
Anyway…
She is apparently very successful now that all of her children go to school all day long:
Organization Woman: Lifetime spent in Brooklyns spaces, places leads to career