Like a Boss: The Mom Resume
Being a mom a tough job. In addition to cooking, cleaning and day-to-day family care, it requires expertise in childhood development, nutrition, conflict resolution and so much more. The job...
A Flexible Job That Is Meaningful and Fun!
Come join our team as a Direct Support Professional! We want to be your second job. Yep. Not your first job, go do that somewhere else. We want to be...
Work, Interrupted
It was a hot summer evening a few weeks ago, when I found myself driving home from a busy day of mom-ing in jammed traffic with two sweaty kids in...
It Won’t Get Easier, but You’ll Get Stronger
My husband and I were driving in the car the other day and talking about how much we have changed since we got married because of circumstances that have happened...
The Successful Working Mom
I recently finished Michelle Obama’s most recent book Becoming. In honor of Women’s History Month, I felt it fitting that this book has inspired me as a mom, as a...
Becoming a SAHM
After 5 years of having a two working parent household, my wife and I were fortunate enough to be able to make the change to one working parent and a...
Wherever You Wave
by Brianna
I dropped my kids off this morning in the school’s circle drive. The drop-off area is always a sea of minivans, SUVs, cars and daycare buses, each loaded with kids,...
A Lesson in Procrastination
I was recently summoned for jury duty and the first thing that came to mind was “Well, that’s inconvenient.” Now I need to preface this story with the fact that...
No “I”
by Meghan Yancy
My husband and I have been married for over 10 years now. It honestly keeps getting better and better. Until it doesn’t. {Photos by KNZ Photography} We had gotten into a...
Seven Benefits of Returning to Work
by Maureen Zhao
I love being home with my kids. Taking the mornings slow and not needing to rush out the door. Drinking my coffee out of something other than a travel mug....
When Maternity Leave Ends
by Kate Awsumb
As silly at it sounds, reaching the end of a favorite TV series makes me feel deflated, empty, an embarrassingly deep sense of loss. The end of maternity leave? Let’s...
Choosing Presence
“If you had a full bank account and a clear calendar, what would you do?” I’m reading Present Over Perfect by Shauna Niequist right now for the second time and...
The Average Mom’s Guide To Dot Journaling, Part 2
The last time we talked, I explained to you that I explored dot journaling last fall as a way to keep the many moving pieces of my life together. I...
