Working Moms

Hey Mommas, I'm just like you. I'm taking care of the kiddos, making sure they get everything they need and tending to my husband. Often that leaves very little time for Momma to take care of herself. Honestly, I get it! Yoga was the last thing I thought I could squeeze in to do for myself. I have a full-time job, a part-time job doing business and digital media consulting, and another part- time job managing the nursing schedule for my son's care and running his personal care attendant agency. There is no time left for ME. But amidst the recent flood relief efforts and the taking care of everyone else, a sweet and wise friend reminded me that I...

I have never looked forward to a vacation the way I have looked forward to my Disney vacation this year. August was a blur, September is my busiest work month of the year, but then came October ... vacation at DISNEY WORLD! My son and I had a full week together in the happiest place on earth. We flew out less than 48 hours after I executed the largest conference of my career followed by six glorious park days then we'd be home the following Friday. Whelp, that plan went out the window somewhere around Thursday morning, our last day in the parks when word of Hurricane Matthew went from "oh yeah, a hurricane could hit" to "a hurricane could very likely...

tau·tol·o·gy - the saying of the same thing twice in different words, for example: working mom. When I was little, I remember always having the desire to be a mom. I thought about how many kids I would have and what their names would be. It never crossed my mind to be a stay at home mom. My mom worked. Most of my friends' moms worked. So I just figured I would work. For eight years, I have worked full-time. Now that I'm a mom of two little kids, that hasn't changed. Despite that, my hours, days and weeks are different. I miss out on early morning snuggles, daytime play dates and story-time at the library. My day is filled with emails and computer staring. Of...

  On one very special, expertly coordinated night each month a very important event occurs. I get to have dinner with some of my very best girlfriends. We’ve been friends for 20+ years which makes me feel old, but we still value our relationship just as we did as young girls in college. We all have children, husbands and jobs and it only takes a string of about 200 texts messages to get it planned, but we make it a priority to meet. We pick a nice restaurant, leave our kids at home and talk, laugh, vent and support each other for several hours. Our husbands have stopped asking when we will be home. These nights are one of the most...

Are you a hard-working mom? Would people describe you as a go-getter, Type A, perfectionist, or work-a-holic? Are you also the laziest person you know? Welcome! I don't know about you, but for all the energy I exert getting uniforms ready, homework completed, piano practiced, cleats tied, snacks sent to school, and toddler bathed--not to mention the work I put in during my work day--I somehow manage to be a world-class couch potato. I'm talking full lounging in my over-sized pajamas (or as I like to call them, my "house uniform"), watching some trashy TV, snacking, cruising social media, and feeling absolutely no guilt whatsoever. None. Zip. Zilch. Over the years I've managed to trick my family into believing I'm still "momming," even...