A Secret to Success as a Working Mom: Use Dresses to Stay Cool and Stylish in Hot Weather

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Greetings from Chaton's World in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania! My days often start with laundry, early-morning emails, and making my kids a hot breakfast. They often end with late-night homework checks, making Instagram reels, and appearing on Celebrity Court of Public Opinion. Somewhere in between, I’m navigating boardrooms, working towards deadlines, and immersed in the good, bad, and ugly chaos of motherhood and household management. As a working mom of three and a professional carving out space in corporate environments, I share my journey of balancing leadership with loving my family, and I sprinkle it with self-care tips. Here, you’ll find honest reflections, hard-earned lessons, and practical strategies for creating an authentic life that you enjoy. If you’re trying to do it all without losing yourself in the process, you have found your sister in the struggle!  Continue reading to discover some thoughts, hacks, and/or lessons that I have learned from navigating my world.
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Thanksgiving Comments from a Dad (#Thanksgiving)

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As you know, Andre surprises me in a myriad of ways. To name a few, he's away a decent amount doing home improvement projects for his parents, his brother and my brother. Soon, I may start calling him "Bob Vila"... In all candor, absence makes the laundry piles grow higher and my patience run thin.  However, you know this, because I have been known to whine about it on more than one occasion.


Fathers were asked to write a statement about how they feel taking their child to school. Andre, who is generally a man of few words, submitted the statement below. It illustrates why in many ways, our daughter is the luckiest girl in the world because she has him for a dad.

Andre's statement:


In life, one is bombarded with an astonishing amount of tasks to do every day. Keeping up with this world of non-stop movement and the dire need to accomplish as much as possible, we can easily lose track of the important things in life. Taking a moment to slow things down to enjoy those important things can be priceless.

One of the most important things in my life is watching my daughter grow every day. I have the privilege of taking a moment to slow things down when I am walking home from school with her. From the moment she takes my hand it seems like the world around us just stops and my total attention is on her, while she takes me step by step through her day. We only have a short distance to walk but you can’t imagine all the things she sees and gets enjoyment out of. There are some things that never change like the buildings or pressing the button to turn the traffic light.  However, the excitement she gets pointing out all the gifts of nature from the changing of the seasons is to die for.

So far we have explored the fall foliage and the leaves on the ground. Now, as we step into winter, we are seeing how many snowflakes we can catch with our tongue. There is no telling what she can find during our walk. However, I know that I have found the best part of my day.

Location: Pittsburgh, PA, USA

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