Momprenuer Part 1 | YOU Are Your Brand
by Nealy
As a small business owner, what is the first thing that communicates your brand identity to potential clients? Is it your well-crafted logo? Your new website and perfectly coordinated fonts?...
A Letter To My Students’ Parents
To My Sixth Grade Students’ Parents: As yet another (glorious) summer concludes, I feel led to confess: I am not the teacher I once was. That is probably fairly obvious...
When Mom Goes Back to School: Five Things to Consider
by Maureen Zhao
Considering going back to school? Not sure if you’d be able to balance relationships, parenting, work and taking care of yourself? Worried you might sacrifice your family for the sake...
On Sending My Youngest To Kindergarten
by Cate Mezyk
In a few short weeks, life as I’ve known it for 9 and a half years is about to change dramatically. My 5 year old twins are about to enter...
Perspectives: Going Back to Work
by Jen
Whether going back to work after a maternity leave, an extended stay-at-home time or, like me, a break between work assignments, there are things to be excited about and things...
Resources for You and Your Babysitter
by Alissa
In my house, I love to say that “teamwork makes the dream work.” Have I already said this out loud to all of you yet? I love this saying so...
When A Mom Admits She Can’t Do It All
by Amber
Before kids, you know back when we were all still perfect parents, I remember having the most idealistic mindset about what motherhood would be like. I would spend my days...
Defining Work
by Melissa
Let me preface this by saying that I have the utmost respect for mothers that work outside of the home. Truly. I am amazed by how you juggle your day...
When There Are Days Like These
by Alissa
Imagine this kind of day: When you wake up 45 minutes late… (Seriously, why am I always so tired?) When you decide that you will, in fact, take a shower...
What Do You Want to Be When You Grow Up?
by Jen
I’m forty-four years old and I still don’t know what I want to be when I grow up. There. I said it. Last October, I left behind a 20-year career...
Being a Mom that Works From Home
by Nealy
I met a dear friend for brunch a few weeks ago while I was in Phoenix. Over vanilla lattes, crisp bacon and brûléed grapefruit, we shared stories about the ups and downs...
6 Steps to Having Success at a Vendor Event
by Cate Mezyk
Our lives as mothers look a lot different than they did years ago… More than often than not, I meet moms who have some sort of side gig. My friend...
It’s a Mommy Day
by Alissa
In a house dominated by 5 year olds, we often differentiate days of the week by calling our weekends, Mommy/Daddy days, and Monday – Friday as school days. When my...
The Diary of My Day
by Alissa
6:20 a.m. – Alarm number one goes off. The bed is warm and I discover that I have gained lots of new room as Chris is already off to the...