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Get your shoes on. Get your shoes on!! GET!!!  YOUR!!!  SHOES!!!  ON!!!! Our mornings nearly always went something like that. The kids being poky. Not listening. Me repeating myself. Me eventually yelling. Every. Single. Morning. And the most shameful part? I realized it wasn't...

On and off for the last 11 years I was largely a stay-at-home mom. I did work a few different jobs after college graduation but found it utterly painful to think about how to balance a career and my...

Did you know that the U.S. Air Force introduced Bob Ross to painting? While stationed in Alaska, he enrolled in a painting class at the U.S.O. Club. This is one of those facts that you wouldn't know unless someone...

Some people think that the decision to become a stay-at-home mom (SAHM) is an easy one. More one-on-one time with kids, more time to clean the house, keep up with the laundry, and make meals; it sounds heavenly, right? But...

Growing a family, growing a career, and being a working mom; it’s hard. It means talking shop in your sweats after supper around the dirty dishes in your kitchen. See that photo? Yep. That's me and the hubs at night...

Looking for a cute and tidy list of simple steps to make a smooth transition back to work after having a baby? Great! Me, too. When you find that list, send it my way. Or better yet, don't. Because I wouldn't...

Like a lot of moms, I sometimes get asked "how I do it all." I'll admit our life is busy: I have 4 kids, a full-time career, keep my marriage healthy, volunteer for multiple organizations, make homemade meals, have a...

As a working mother of two, I can say that making the transition to pumping at work isn't always easy. But I did learn a few things the first time around that helped me during my second transition to pumping...

Whether current events have you working from home, or you have a flexible job that allows for this, we can all agree that the work-from-home life with kids is a tricky one. Work needs to get done, kids need...

I just left you with strangers. I left you with people you do not know in a place you have only ever visited. I know they are trained and are caring and kind. I have all the access in the world...