One human foot inward a heel in addition to the other inward a lawn tennis shoe

By Yelena Sapin




Jessica Taylor switches betwixt heels together with lawn tennis shoes several times throughout the day. Juggling her task every bit manager of urban promotions for Alpha Media radio’s Louisville market, her philanthropy run every bit founder of the non-profit P.A.T.H. Foundation, together with life every bit a unmarried mom to 10-year-old missy Kyersten, Jessica is e'er on the go. “I apparel heels to work, but I throw on my Nikes every bit presently every bit I larn inwards my machine to run only about alongside my daughter. And if I remove hold a meeting, I skid on my heels again. My ‘In Her Shoes’ is 1 pes inwards a heel together with the other inwards a lawn tennis shoe!”



Morning Whirl
Up earlier 6am, Jessica goes for a run earlier she wakes upwards her daughter. H5N1 quick but salubrious breakfast of Raisin Bran or oatmeal alongside fruit keeps her going every bit she simultaneously helps Kyersten larn ready for school, catches a few glimpses of Good Morning America on TV, packs a luncheon for herself together with her daughter, together with gets herself ready for work. While she’s doing all that, Jessica besides starts a charge of laundry, tidies up, together with vacuums. “I remove hold a flare-up of position out energy inwards the morning, together with therefore that’s when I similar to do my cleaning.”

Although fourth dimension is oftentimes express betwixt run together with other tasks, Jessica makes spending fourth dimension alongside
her missy the highest priority.  Photos Sunni Wigginton 


After dropping Kyersten at school, Jessica arrives at the component past times 9am. Mornings are devoted to meetings alongside clients together with radio station subdivision heads most developing together with planning promotions, concerts, together with events. If she doesn’t remove hold a luncheon coming together scheduled, Jessica eats at her desk. “I pack the same luncheon that I pack for my daughter. It’s unremarkably a turkey wrap alongside veggie chips together with an orangish on the side. And I brand certain to pack some raisins or walnuts every bit an extra snack every bit well.”

After-School Hustle
The twenty-four hours goes quickly, together with earlier she knows it’s fourth dimension to switch gears. Kyersten is inwards an after schoolhouse computer programme until 6pm, but Mondays together with Thursdays Jessica tries to exit run at five to pass some fourth dimension alongside her missy earlier she heads to the schoolhouse gym for cheerleading practice. During the 6-8pm window land her missy is at cheerleading, Jessica does her grocery shopping, has meetings for P.A.T.H., or goes dorsum to the component to choose handgrip of upwards on run earlier returning to selection upwards her child.

On Tuesdays some other rear gives Kyersten a ride to trip the lite fantastic class, together with Jessica picks her upwards at 6:30. Wednesdays she takes her missy to a 7pm gymnastics class. Fri is a twenty-four hours alongside no extra activities, together with Jessica has to brand certain she’s at the schoolhouse past times 6pm. “If I’m piece of cake picking her up, it’s a dollar a minute!”

Weeknight Wrap-Up
Jessica prepares meals for the calendar week on Sundays together with therefore there’s something ready to estrus upwards for those piece of cake weeknight dinners. “I’m a big Crock-Pot fanatic. And I dearest making lasagna, baked spaghetti, together with baked salmon.” Rotisserie chicken together with ready-to-eat meals from Trader Joe’s are some other go-to when fourth dimension is tight. After dinner Jessica helps her missy complete homework together with larn ready for the adjacent day. If fourth dimension allows, they sentinel a favorite TV exhibit together.

Once her missy is inwards bed, Jessica finishes upwards solid chores together with whatever remaining work. She likes to larn to bed past times 11pm, but projects for run together with P.A.T.H. sometime plough over off her upwards much afterward than she would like. When she does larn a peril to unwind, she likes to accept a shower, plough everything off,light a few candles, together with sit down downwardly to write out her thoughts. “It helps me clear my mind. As I larn older I realize that if I don’t larn my hear together earlier I become to bed, I’m non going to sleep, I’m going to remove hold a bad morning, together with I’m going to react off emotions throughout the day.” (Jessica besides blogs at BeingJT.com.)

Working Weekends
Concerts or promotional events oftentimes require that Jessica run on Saturdays or Sundays. If possible, she tries to schedule her run together with volunteer activities inwards the mornings together with therefore she tin forcefulness out pass the afternoon alongside her daughter. “Thank goodness for my parents! They sentinel Kyersten on the weekends, but if it’s something she tin forcefulness out become to, she’s e'er correct at that topographic point past times my side. It’s real of import for me to remove hold fourth dimension alongside my daughter.”



Jessica tries to plough over off her schedule opened upwards every other weekend to do something particular alongside Kyersten, preferably out of town. She besides loves to store at local consignment together with thrift stores together with squelch inwards a wheel ride whenever she can. “I dearest riding my bike. It’s a whole other world, a feeling similar I’m complimentary — only me, my adrenaline, together with the current of air hitting my face.” But finding that residuum betwixt work, motherhood, together with personal fourth dimension is tough, she admits. “I’m a real competitive person, together with therefore I do everything at 110 percent. And that tin forcefulness out last real exhausting.”
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