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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...

Friday Tip: Blessed is better than perfect

Reading on the Run: Articles of Interest to Working Moms (Egg Freezing Benefit Packages Part II)

Reading on the Run: Articles of Interest to Working Moms (Egg Freezing Benefit Packages, Part I)

A Peek Into the Life of a Working Mom: Taking a Doll to Work

Working Mom Fun Tip: Taking Selfies Like Kim Kardashian (#LoveYourSelfie)

A Peek Into the Life of a Working Mom: The Children's Museum (Almost Wordless Wednesday) #PghKids

A Peek Into the Life of a Working Mom: Happy Father's Day

A Peek Into The Life of a Working Mom: One way to Enjoy Life With the Newborn (Bath time)

Wordless Wednesday-Fooling Around!

Wordless Wednesday: Photographs taken by a toddler

A Peek Into the Life of a Working Mom: Moving While Pregnant is Stressful (#Stress)

Christmas Gift for My Blog Readers (#Giveaway)

Tales of a Working Mom: Social Skills Learned from a Toddler

A Peek into the Life of a Mommy Blogger: Internet Jokes (Chaton Turner sent you a Twitter Invitation)

Working Moms, Overwhelmed and Dreaming of Hitting the Lottery (#WorkingMom)

Fundraising Opportunity: Causes4Kids (A Guest Post)

Getting to 50/50: How Working Parents Can Have It All (Book Tour)

Working Mom Tip: Smart Phone Management

Enjoy a Night Out: Win Free Tickets to a Show (Spank! The Fifty Shades Parody)

Social Media, An Alternative To Opting Out Of the Workforce (#NicheParent13)