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Life Changes While Working

This summer, I’ll be having a baby. Hopefully sometime between July and August if this little guy decides to cooperate. We’ll also be moving across the country. My husband is in the Army and we’re headed to North Carolina (Ft. …

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Liberating Working Moms

The Working Mom Bias, it’s real.

I've  been a working mom for 3 years now. Unfortunately due to 2 layoffs I have been in 3 different office environments during that time. One office was filled

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1 Husband, 1 Child, 2 Jobs

Last week, I did something I thought I would never do: I accepted an offer for a part-time job. Currently, I teach English to approximately 120 high school freshmen

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Freaking Out About Kindergarten

I had a freak-out moment at work today.  I decided to look at the webpage of the elementary school where our daughter will be starting kindergarten in 6

Pregnancy and the Working Mom

Pregnancy and the Working Mom

I'm 8 weeks and 4 days pregnant. I'm also a mom to a 3 year old and work from home as a writer. I'm at that point where I

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Time Change and the Working Mom

I have never really understood the purpose of daylight saving’s time. Why are we saving daylight and then giving it away again? I suppose for people in northern

A Rare At-Home Weekday Afternoon Non-Sick Nap

Lessons from My Glorious No-Distractions Week Off

Three weeks ago, I resigned from my job and gave my two weeks' notice.  It was a tough decision.... lots of material for other posts later.  I did

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Date Night: A Necessity

I’m two weeks into a new school year, I’ve learned all my students’ names, I’ve submitted six assignments into our online grading system, I’ve met a handful of

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New Baby, New Routine

::dusts of laptop:: Hey guys! Remember me? It's ok if you've forgotten. I haven't been around much the month or so, but for good reason. Friends, meet Reese. Born 7.19.2012

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Dear New Working Moms: It Gets Easier

I had an impromptu conversation over Facebook with a friend from high school who is currently expecting her first child. As I lamented that I would be returning

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A Complicated Transition Back to Work

It’s transition time for me again. Just one more week and I’m back to work and back to the groove of routines and tight schedules and not enough

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When I Work, My Kid is Different

So, it has begun. The school year, that is. As all of you, I’m a working teacher momma like Tracy, and every August, I hit the books, write

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Working Mom Prioritizes Health and Fitness

As my husband and I try to plot out the rest of our summer fun before I go back to work and his schedule gets busier, I'm smacked

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Working Mom of Special Needs Child Needs Support

I work full time, and I just started a brand new job with better money and much more responsibility.  It was a great career move.  However, my 20

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Finding “Me” in Single Mommyhood

When I first became a single mother, I thought that was... let's face it... the end of my life. I believed that being a mom, especially a single mom, meant

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The Rock, the Hard Place and the Girl Stuck in Between

Oh hey look! I'm still around. SO much has happened in the last few weeks, work wise, that I almost don't know where to start. Let's start by giving

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Feeling Judged {Preschool Edition}

After much thought and (mostly internal) debate, I've tentatively enrolled my three little ones (4, 2, and 2) in full-day preschool next year. I honestly feel like this is

Hybrid Working Mom {Managing It All}

By Beth Anne Guest Blogger from Heir To Blair When Tracy called me a “Hybrid Working Mom,” she finally put into words what I have toyed with for months. 

Making Excersise A Priority As A Working Mom

By Sarah Guest Blogger Have you noticed some "changes" in your body since baby?  Are you finding that some of your clothes just fit differently?  Can you tell that

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Working Moms Need Sex Too

By Brandee Contributor I'm going to do that thing where I make you all uncomfortable for awhile. That is just sort of my calling in life; when there is

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