Two girls at the Pittsburgh International Airport When you are single, or married without children, planning for a vacation is like dreaming about your favorite dessert. It’s is truly like you’re about to experience nirvana, a calorie-free ice cream sundae with whipped cream and a cherry on top! When you are a working mom and have children even thinking about vacation can seem like a huge chore. You can get overwhelmed by trying to figure out how you can possibly prepare for said vacation while doing all of the other crap that you have to do! Well, because I believe in vacations and believe in you, I have the answer to your prayers!

Reading on the Run: Articles of Interest to Working Moms

Successful working women keep track of important matters in the news. However, we are not one-dimensional. Some of us also want to keep up with celebrity gossip and fashion news too. Even in the era of the Internet and 24 hour news shows and E!, it can be challenging to keep up with everything.

One Secret to Working Mom Success: Create Your Own Tribe

Some members of my tribe... #WomensHistoryMonth (I love finding drafts of articles I never posted. In an effort to do better at sharing this amazing content, here you go!) Being a working mom is fraught with challenges and compromises. However, sometimes it does create opportunities for me that are pretty cool. One of those is the opportunity to participate in the local United Way Women's Leadership Council. The women who form the United Way Women's Leadership Council are united by our commitment to philanthropic giving, our commitment to service and our commitment to other women. Once a year they convene us all at a breakfast and bring in a national speaker. The speaker is a woman who has a compelling story to share. A few years ago, it was Lee Woodruff , an author, a wife, and inspiring woman. Another year it was Becky Aikman who told a tale of devastation and triumph that really touched me.

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