One Secret to a Working Mom Success: Make Family Events More Enjoyable With Friends

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Better Together: Why Inviting Another Family Makes Activities More Fun #FamilyFun Sometimes family activities can feel like another item on the to-do list. However, doing those activities with another family makes them more fun! Whether it’s a trip to an amusement park , a visit to the local pool , or trip to a pumpkin patch , including another family can multiply the fun in amazing ways. One of my favorite moms to collaborate with is my friend, Ayana Ledford who's pictured above with her daughter Sahar. We have done all of the things listed as seemingly random examples above and here is how including her and her daughter (and sometimes her son too) has made the events more fun. On the date above, Ayana almost left the venue because parking was a nightmare. That said, she hung in there and we would up having a great time!
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A Peek In to the Life of a Working Mom: Volunteers Beautifying Communities in Pittsburgh

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One of the highlights of my weekend was meeting Trish Burton. Trish is one of those selfless people who sees what needs to be done and does it. Indeed, it appears that she is an angel of sorts who lives on Pittsburgh's North Side who is committed to making it more beautiful.

While taking a walk this past Saturday, I discovered Trish and her children planting flowers around the Armstrong statue in West Park.  I stopped to chat believing that they were a part of an organization. What I learned is that Trish and her family decided to maintain the statue voluntarily, taking over from another man who also did it voluntarily.  

We Can Create the Communities in Which We Want to Live


I was impressed by the quality of their work, their attitude and their smiles. So many of us walk through neighborhoods and say, "The City needs to pick up that trash, put out more garbage cans, plant more flowers, etc." Perhaps we should all shut up and take a page out Trish's book. We should create the neighborhoods in which we want to live. We should pick up the trash, buy a garbage can and put it in a space that needs it and plant flowers ourselves. If we all commit to it, we can create the communities in which we want to live.  I guess it's not surprising that another mom taught me that. Is it?

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