A Secret to Success This New Year: Become Committed and Resilient

Mom and son celebrating the new year in the Bahamas in 2025! "Our greatest glory is not in never falling, but in rising every time we fall." – Confucius Greetings from Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania ! Things have been busy. I am still a working mom of three , working full time who is trying to make a difference. I do a lot of things and try to be present so that I can learn from them. I share them on this blog so that we can learn together. Below are some thoughts, hacks, and/or lessons that I have learned from navigating my world. 2025 was intense. I faced a convergence of pressures: the stress of navigating life as a single mom while paying considerable  alimony ,  an intensifying family situation since we lost my beloved aunt, my dad, and my cousin’s mom—work related stress—learning a new job after an imposed job change, all while navigating the rapid pace of raising my kids and trying to maintain a standard of living for them with fewer resources. Together, these factor...

A Peek Into the Life of a Working Mom: A Newsletter Appearance (#TBT)



To say that my family and I LOVE the Pittsburgh Children's Museum would be a huge understatement. We're contributors. We're regulars. Our daughter even attended preschool there. Indeed, we may have set a record for consecutive days in attendance. We are there a lot. 


Well, recently, we attended an event, the premier of the Very Eric Carle Exhibit. I even wrote about our attendance, not because I was compensated, but because we LOVE that place! For a link to that post click here. We thoroughly enjoyed that party. It was a real treat to experience the museum in a different more private way, especially since I had both kids there by myself. 

Well I was surprised and overjoyed to see that my son and I were featured in the Pittsburgh Children's Museum's September newsletter. Above is our photo and here's a link to the newsletter. Click here

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