One Secret to a Working Mom Success: Make Family Events More Enjoyable With Friends

Better Together: Why Inviting Another Family Makes Activities More Fun #FamilyFun Sometimes family activities can feel like another item on the to-do list. However, doing those activities with another family makes them more fun! Whether it’s a trip to an amusement park , a visit to the local pool , or trip to a pumpkin patch , including another family can multiply the fun in amazing ways. One of my favorite moms to collaborate with is my friend, Ayana Ledford who's pictured above with her daughter Sahar. We have done all of the things listed as seemingly random examples above and here is how including her and her daughter (and sometimes her son too) has made the events more fun. On the date above, Ayana almost left the venue because parking was a nightmare. That said, she hung in there and we would up having a great time!

A Peek Into the Life of a Working Mom: Motherhood The Naked Truth



The effort is takes to succeed as a working mom is extreme. We have two full time jobs and it's hard to succeed at both. However, succeeding is possible with planning and flexibility. I have an example of that last week before we moved in with my parents...


Creativity is required for working moms trying to do it all.


I wanted to cook dinner when I got home and I did. However, I never made it upstairs to change my clothes though. Instead, I took clothes off and spent most of the night in my camisole and underwear. I took my clothes off to to breastfeed because the baby is known to spit up and we're on a budget. So, I took off my clothes to try to avoid an unnecessary dry cleaning bill. After breastfeeding, I cooked dinner and got the kids ready for their baths, bathed them, and happened to look in the mirror. It was only then that I realized that I had been scantily clad for most of the evening.

I don't share this to be salacious. Indeed, there's no 50 Shades of Grey ending. My husband wasn't even home.

I share this to be real. Having it all ain't necessarily glamorous.  All of the photos of working moms has a woman fully made up wearing Diane Von Furstenberg and Louboutins. Considering how hard we're all working these days, I think even those women wind up making dinner in their underwear. However, their's might be La Perla.

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