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

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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...
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More Holiday Memories from a Working Mom

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Good times with family and friends on Christmas Eve

As I mentioned, in my prior post, this holiday season I have given myself the gift of time and fellowship. Here are some more photos about my holiday memories. I have to say that making memories takes commitment and intention, You have to work for it and have the help of those who are on this quest with you. My partner-in-crime is my mom.

Christmas Eve

Through the years, I have criticized my mom for a lot of things. I've probably done this because it's my nature and criticizing our parents is part of a rite passage. That said, I have to give my mom credit for working hard to help us have a strong Christmas tradition. For as long as I can remember, my family has had a party on Christmas Eve that includes our family and closest friends. We even did it, although on a much smaller scale, the year that my grandmother got out of a nursing home  on Christmas Eve.

Parties make the holidays more special


This year, my mom came through like a champ. She not only hosted her annual party. She helped me host Christmas dinner and an open house. We did it with the help of my sister, my husband, and my dear brother who actually transported the Christmas dinner to our home in his car. When you're a working mom, it takes an entire family to make the holidays special.

Below is a photo of the first party I hosted to kick off the holiday season. It was a convening of neighborhood moms and kids and it was a wonderful way to begin what has become a season of parties!
Some moms getting a head start on the holidays

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