A Secret to Success as a Working Mom: Turn Burn Out Into Bliss and Embrace Joy

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Last weekend my youngest was committed to going to the "Water Steps" a man-made water fall in Pittsburgh by the rivers. (Fun Fact: Three rivers converge in Pittsburgh--The Ohio River, The Monongahela River, and the Allegheny River.)  He kept asking. I knew he was serious when he said, "If you won't take me, I'll ask  daddy!" Given that it was highly unlikely that would happen on an unscheduled day, I relented. So, we went. It wasn’t planned in the way most things in my life are. No calendar block. No checklist. No “productive” purpose attached. And, so in some respects it was uncomfortable. And yet, it seemed necessary. It was the idea of my 8-year-old—offered with the kind of urgency only children possess when something is profoundly important to them.
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Guest Post: Request for Assistance

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Below is a request from a PhD student who planning to complete her dissertation on the topic of African-American Mom Blogs. As a reader of this blog, she would love your feedback. Below is more information:

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Calling all readers of African-American mom blogs!

Hi, I'm author, doctoral candidate, and editor Shonell Bacon, and I am conducting a study on the blogging practices of African-American mom bloggers.

I invite you to participate in my study by taking a survey geared toward readers of these blogs.

To understand the blogging practices of African-American mom bloggers, it is important to explore the readers of these blogs. Your participation in the survey will enable me to do that.

The online survey consists of 23 questions. It will take no longer than 30 minutes to complete.

Names and e-mail addresses will not be used in this research.

If you are interested in participating, please click the following link that will take you to the survey at SurveyMonkey: https://www.surveymonkey.com/s/mommyblogreaders. Once you arrive at the link, you will read a short introduction before clicking “Next” to begin the survey.

Again, if you are interested in participating, please click the following link: https://www.surveymonkey.com/s/mommyblogreaders.


If you have any questions, you can contact Shonell at shon.bacon@ttu.edu.

Thank you for your time and consideration.

Shonell Bacon, Doctoral Candidate, shon.bacon@ttu.edu

Dr. Craig Baehr, Associate Professor, craig.baehr@ttu.edu
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Shonell Bacon said…
Thank you for posting this!
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