A Secret to Success as a Working Mom: Use Dresses to Stay Cool and Stylish in Hot Weather

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Greetings from Chaton's World in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania! My days often start with laundry, early-morning emails, and making my kids a hot breakfast. They often end with late-night homework checks, making Instagram reels, and appearing on Celebrity Court of Public Opinion. Somewhere in between, I’m navigating boardrooms, working towards deadlines, and immersed in the good, bad, and ugly chaos of motherhood and household management. As a working mom of three and a professional carving out space in corporate environments, I share my journey of balancing leadership with loving my family, and I sprinkle it with self-care tips. Here, you’ll find honest reflections, hard-earned lessons, and practical strategies for creating an authentic life that you enjoy. If you’re trying to do it all without losing yourself in the process, you have found your sister in the struggle!  Continue reading to discover some thoughts, hacks, and/or lessons that I have learned from navigating my world.
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Reflecting on My Blessings: Our Five Minutes of Fame

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Mom by the tree
I love this time of year. There are so many opportunities to fellowship and celebrate with family and friends and that makes me very happy! It also gives me a lot of opportunities to wear special outfits, which I love!

One of the things I also try to do is to consciously reflect on my blessings. My health and my family are at the top of that list. Secondary are my accomplishments.  One of the most fun things my husband and I have accomplished together was getting selected to model in what has turned into a national advertisement campaign for Howard Hanna a few years ago. 
It was more fun than we could imagine. (Click on this link for the ad itself, click here for a post about our experience.) 
"Home Happens Here" Photo Credit: Duane Rieder
The reason I mention it now is because they are still using that ad. A friend interviewed with the company in Virginia this year and saw a poster of us in the company's office. She told them she knew us. She got the job. She earned the job on her own merit, but it was still cool to learn that we came us in the interview! Also, I attended an event a couple of weeks ago and saw our ad while flipping through the program. So, the experience has paid us back in more than money. (However, if Howard Hanna representatives are reading this, know that it would be our pleasure to pose again for money! :-)) It has paid us back in a little notoriety and community acclaim.

I wish you joyous celebrations this holiday season and a bright new year.
(BTW--I call it our "five minutes of fame" because I think we still have about ten more to go! ;-))

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Location: Pittsburgh, PA, USA

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