Working Moms

Eleven (+) years ago, what started off as a hobby unexpectedly grew to be a small business. As I had also just become a stay-at-home mom, I quickly learned what it meant to be a mompreneur. I am the...

I tried to do it quietly ... have a panic attack, that is. I was standing in the kitchen while my husband was trying to console our overly tired 4-month-old. I couldn’t let him see me fall apart again,...

Sometimes I feel like I’m a part-time parent with full-time mom brain. My kids are never NOT on my mind. It could be in the middle of a meeting and I wonder who my oldest son is playing with...

"I never wanted any of my women to work outside the home." The words hit me like a ton of bricks.  This man, this father of an acquaintance, had single handedly knocked down the clear choice that I made to be...

There's something about teaching that has always struck me as weird. In complete disregard for the fact that we are paid a 9 month salary that's divided over 12 months and for the hours of roughly 7:30-3:30 (depending on...

Apparently, there are 24 hours in one day. I’ve known this for most of my life, and the clocks of the world seem to confirm it. But, if I’m being honest, the older I get, and more significantly, the...

Welcome back after the first 4 installments of the Week of Meatless Meals Even a 4 Year Old Will Eat.  Part 5 is going to be a gourmet meal complete with meticulously cut out fruits and veggies in the shapes of...

"There is an appointed time for everything, and a time for every affair under the heavens." (Ecclesiastes 3:1, New American Bible) Seasons of life have different demands. Some seasons are fun, and filled with laughter -- others are hard and dark....

Disclosure :: This post is sponsored by ESA.  Experience ESA at an Upcoming Preview Day this Winter Imagine it: Your child wakes up in the morning eager to go to school. He climbs into the car at the end of the day...

There are so many parts of a woman's identity that tend to slip away from us as we are enveloped by the grind of motherhood. We no longer party like a rockstar. We don't talk to friends as often,...