One Secret to a Working Mom Success: Celebrate the Seasons With Traditions

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Greetings from Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania ! Things have been busy. I am still a working mom of three, working full time who is trying to make a difference. I do a lot of things and try to be present so that I can learn from them. I share them on this blog so that we can learn together. Below are some thoughts, hacks, and/or lessons that I have learned from navigating my world. "Family traditions counter alienation and confusion. They help us define who we are; they provide something steady, reliable and safe in a confusing world."— Susan Lieberman   Traditions have a way of defining a family, provide stability and give hope. They are especially important for woking moms who spend so much time working to provide for their family that they may miss some of the "traditional" mom things like bake sales, volunteering at the book fair, and a host of actual and seemingly made up holidays.  They are also important for families trying to reinvent themselves in the wake of d...
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A Peek Into the Life of a Working Mom: Halloween Confessions

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Kids and me at Myrtle Beach, SC
As I said in my last post, we have been enjoying Halloween season. However, in the interest of transparency I have to tell you that this working mom didn't get everything right.

This year, we missed the pumpkin farm, but made it to the beach


In the past we have made it to a pumpkin farm to for pumpkins, hay rides, hot chocolate and kettle corn.  I even posted a list of the best pumpkin patches to visit in Pittsburgh. So, I knew where to go. I simply ran out of time.

We went on vacation in the middle of the month. (Can't you tell from the above photo?!)
We had a great time, but it basically took out three weekends in October. We missed the weekend before to pack. We didn't go the weekend we were away. And we didn't go the weekend we returned because I had to chair a meeting. Last Spring I agreed to be president of a social club because I have so much free time...


One may theoretically be able to have it all. However, as a working mom I cannot do it all in the way that I'd like when there's limited time on the weekends.  So, the seasons came, fall descended upon Pittsburgh, and all of the pumpkin farm festivals ended and as of Friday morning we had no pumpkins. 

If only groceries would miraculously appear in the refrigerator, I could do everything!

Halloween decorations compliments of our preschooler as opposed to Party City

When I woke up on Halloween I felt really guilty that we had no pumpkins. So, in an effort to salvage the situation I went to Giant Eagle on Halloween morning after a meeting and bought 4 large pumpkins and 2 baby pumpkins with painted faces. Even though we missed the pumpkin farm experience when my daughter got home from school she saw pumpkins. Done is better than perfect...

A couple of the pumpkins



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