Lynn Hasselberger's Page

I hate to admit it, but I was once a paper towel junkie. I blame it on genetics. My mom's side of the family. A kitchen without paper towels? Impossible! And the paper towel holder? A must-have appliance... for who could live without the ability to unwind just the right number of squares with one hand while stirring the pot with the other? And the instant gratification of a spill—here one second, soaked up and tossed with ease into the garbage the next, as if it never even happened? No way. Not… Continue

Here's a twist to the mom/business story. I quit my 70 hour/week advertising job a year before we adopted our son, Ethan. I never intended to be VP of Client Services... but as the years passed without being able to conceive, that is what happened. Although I went to college and ended up successful, my heart was set on being a mom.

So I gave up my six-figure salary, in my mid 30's, to be at home and get through all of the red tape of adoption (and mend my infertility-pour-myself-into-my-job-to-… Continue