Words of Wisdom from a Working Parent
If you’ve been reading my posts for a while, you’ll know my life is very busy. Both my husband and I work outside the home, I am the sole proprietor of this here blog, I write for a local media outlet and my girls take eight hours of dance classes each week. (I also take […]
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Just this morning, my eldest daughter (who’s now 10) came downstairs and said to me, “I’m not feeling well…” Normally this utterance would kick my mom anxiety into high gear, but I knew she was already suffering with a cold. I asked her if it was “just her cold” causing her to feel unwell. And […]
Meal Planning. I suck at it. I want desperately to have this be a successful area of my life. But I haven’t yet learned the quick and easy tips to make meal planning work for us. Most nights end up being: pick up from after school care and go directly to dance classes. That means […]
*4 Ways Working Parents can Save Big on Home Bills is a guest post. If you are interested in writing for A Modern Mom’s Life, please visit my Guest Posting page.* It’s an understatement to say that being a parent is hard – you have to juggle your career, household work, bills, and your family, all with […]
Being environmentally conscious is very important to me. And it’s a cause I hope my children will hold close to their hearts. If we’re not looking after the Earth it won’t look after us. Growing up my parents were also very forward thinking, environmentally. We had a big garden, a compost heap, and we reused […]
Tell me I’m not the only out there who sometimes feels like a bad mom. Sometimes I have no idea what I’m doing as a parent, and I make decisions based on what needs to be done in-the-moment. Sure, maybe that’s not the best thing long term, but often I just need to get some […]
My life as a working mom doesn’t change much from school year to summer, and back again. We still get up routinely, get out the door, collect the kids after camp, and make dinner after long days at work. The days have a little less structure, and we do take some time off, but really […]
Bianca is a work-from-home mom. She works with her husband running a website development and hosting company, and they recently launched their own new website called My Wild Earth. There they share their adventures, and their love for the outdoors. She has some great insight on working from home, and spending a lot of time […]
Arvilla is a freelancer. Hearing her story, and how she tries to fit in her work around the entire rest of her family, left me feeling exhausted. It amazing how families can work together to make hectic schedules work. Teamwork is really important in a family dynamic. I’m glad she took the time to be […]