Martins, Managed

About Charlotte

Somewhere between what I built and what comes next.

I'm Charlotte — a mom of two who just left a fourteen-year career in corporate America. I'm in that strange, exciting middle where I'm proud of the career I built and increasingly clear that I want the next chapter to make more room for this life. This is where I post about my journey. Pull up a chair.

Charlotte on the floor at home with her two children
Charlotte holding her newborn during her second maternity leave

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How Maternity Leave Was Different the Second Time Around(It's Not What You Think)

The second time, I got to slow down and take a breath instead of rushing — to cuddle my newborn and imprint her smell in my mind.

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Walking hand in hand past the Sevilla Cathedral as a family

Travel

Europe with two kids

Florence → Provence → Sevilla

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A lot going on at the moment...

Life

A lot going on at the moment...

A season with a lot happening at once — the kind of stretch I want to remember exactly as it was, not as I'll tidy it up later.

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Charlotte standing holding her daughter, her son at her side holding her hand

This journal was started for us.

A place to keep the trips, the meals, the ordinary days and the family moments I knew I'd want to remember later.

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The family's hands stacked together on a walk

A little more from our life

New recipes, places we’ve been, things I’m figuring out, and the occasional ordinary day worth remembering.