Feb 27, 2021 | By Location, Just for Moms, Local Resources, Moms & Dads, Non Profits, Winston-Salem, Working Parents
By TMoM Team Member Dennette Bailey Even before the pandemic, women have craved opportunities to network with one another. It gives us an opportunity to run ideas by others or get perspectives we might not have considered. Moreover, it gives us an opportunity to...
Jan 8, 2021 | Adults, By Stage, Just for Moms, Moms & Dads, Working Parents
By Guest Blogger Lauren Warren “Side hustles” are all the rage now. Between COVID, the slow down in the economy, and our consumer culture, we all could use some extra cash. And that is where the side gig comes in. But, what exactly is a side hustle? And, are they as...
Dec 15, 2020 | Education, High School & Beyond, Just for Dads, Just for Moms, Moms & Dads, Parenting & Family, Raising Children, Working Parents
By Guest Blogger Captain Joel Barba, U.S. Army Soldiers are just people; same as you. We laugh and cry. We watch sports and play video games. We raise families and love our children. We shared dreams and aspirations when we were school-age children, and somewhere...
Sep 26, 2020 | Just for Moms, Moms & Dads, Working Parents
By Guest Blogger Sydney D. Richardson, Ph. D. I come from a family of entrepreneurs. My grandmother decided that she no longer wanted to be a maid, so she got her cosmetology license and opened her own salon. She retired when she was around 80 years old. My mother...
Sep 17, 2020 | By Stage, Children's Health & Wellness, Education, Elementary, Elementary Age, Health, Moms & Dads, Preschool, Toddlers & Preschool, Working Parents
By Guest Blogger Julie Fritz Can we be honest for a minute? E-learning is hard. It’s hard for parents, it’s hard for teachers, hard for counselors, and hard for students. Nothing about our children being in a virtual classroom for the first nine weeks of school is...
May 23, 2020 | From the Heart, Just for Moms, Moms & Dads, Working Parents
By Guest Blogger Sydney D. Richardson, Ph. D. It was 2 am when my eyes popped open. I could hear a faint moan coming from the other room and I knew that I had to get in there quickly. If I waited too long, that moan would turn into a roaring scream from my...
Apr 30, 2020 | Adult Health & Wellness, Adults, By Stage, From the Heart, Health, Just for Moms, Moms & Dads, Parenting & Family, Raising Children, Working Parents
By Guest Blogger Sarah Brennan I am a full-time single mom with a full-time job at a large online sports betting company. My business is 24/7 and high profile. My responsibilities at work are massive and during this uncertain time, my department is responsible for...
Apr 2, 2020 | Adults, By Stage, For the Home, Local Resources, Our Favorite Finds, Safety, Shopping, Working Parents
By Guest Blogger Kathy Sides, President, Loxx Boxx Inc. loxxboxx.com While we are all sheltering in place to battle COVID-19, it is likely we are all trying different services and home delivery has become an essential part of our daily lives. Food and grocery...
Jan 30, 2020 | From the Heart, Moms & Dads, Working Parents
By Guest Blogger Hillary Zaken Dear working parent, I see you. I see you juggling work and childcare and self-care and your home and your chores and your relationship and your community involvement and your children’s extra-curricular activities, striving for that...
Jan 25, 2020 | Just for Dads, Just for Moms, Marriage & Couples, Moms & Dads, Working Parents
By Guest Blogger Jen Mearns OK, I have a confession. But before I get to that, let me give you some background. After I had my first child, I really didn’t want to go back to work. I didn’t feel like I had enough time with him, had barely gotten him on a schedule and...
Apr 21, 2018 | Humor, Just for Moms, Moms & Dads, Working Parents
By Guest Blogger Ginny Olson With little ones around, plus a full time job, this momma really likes routines. Especially in the morning. Where everyone wakes up, dutifully gets dressed, eats organic goodness for breakfast, brushes teeth, combs hair, and washes face...
Jan 4, 2018 | Babies, Just for Moms, Moms & Dads, Parenting & Family, Pregnancy & Babies, Working Parents
By Guest Blogger Emily Gregg I don’t think many people enjoy the process of job searching. It can be shameless and exhausting – factors exaggerated by the weight of life’s responsibilities. But what if you’re staring down the barrel of an impending birth as a...
Sep 18, 2017 | Babies, Child Care Facilities & Programs, Education, Moms & Dads, Toddlers & Preschool, Working Parents
By Guest Blogger Suzanne Isenberg, Development Director for WFRC We know that finding a quality child care/early learning environment for your child can be overwhelming and time consuming. We know that you want the best for your child – to keep your child...
Aug 17, 2017 | Just for Moms, Moms & Dads, Working Parents
By Guest Blogger Emily Gregg Preface: Let me be clear – all moms are working moms. Stay-at-home, work-from-home, work-away-from-home, it doesn’t matter. But for the sake of this blog the phrase “working mom” is used to identify those working away from home, with no...
Mar 3, 2017 | Just for Moms, Moms & Dads, Working Parents
By Guest Blogger Laura Simon A year ago, I was working full-time as a high school teacher, my oldest son was in kindergarten, and my two youngest children were in daycare. Between the daycare drop-offs and pick-ups and a thirty-minute commute, my average work day was...
Mar 24, 2016 | -, Just for Moms, Moms & Dads, Parenting & Family, Raising Children, Working Parents
By Guest Blogger Allison Carter I am a stay-at-home mom (“SAHM”) to 2 boys, and I love what I do. I worked professionally for years and loved my job. But it was on a dead-end track so when we found out we were pregnant with our first son, my husband and I...
Nov 10, 2015 | From the Heart, Just for Moms, Moms & Dads, Parenting & Family, Raising Children, Working Parents
By Guest Blogger Lisa Witherspoon, author of the blog The Golden Spoons We’re excited to share one of Lisa’s many posts that has been picked up and featured on The Huffington Post! Whether you work or stay home, let us know your thoughts on this topic by...
Jul 2, 2015 | Moms & Dads, Working Parents
By Guest Blogger Kimberly F. The moment my water broke was surreal. My world as I knew it completely changed in that moment and it was out of my control. Now, having been a stay-at-home mom for nearly two years, my first day back at work was just as surreal. ...
May 10, 2015 | From the Heart, Holidays, Just for Moms, Moms & Dads, Parenting & Family, Working Parents
By Rachel Hoeing We salute you moms in the minivans and those in the SUV’s. We salute those in the pick-up trucks And those on the ATV’s. We honor the moms who work in an office And the ones who stay in their homes. We honor those who wait tables And those...
Apr 16, 2015 | Just for Moms, Moms & Dads, Working Parents
By Suzy Fielders We hear so much about stay at home moms and working moms but it seems like there’s one big category that often gets overlooked – work at home moms. While I do have a full-time job so would consider myself a working mom, I also own a marketing business...
Jan 17, 2015 | Moms & Dads, Raising Children, Working Parents
By Deneane Davis Last month we featured Deneane Davis as a Main Street Mom on the Move. Deneane works full-time but also manages to find time for volunteering and extra-curricular activities. She is known by her friends to have discovered the secret that every parent...
Nov 3, 2014 | Moms & Dads, Working Parents
By Guest Blogger Elizabeth Smith Working Mother magazine recently came out with their list of the 100 Best Companies. The selections were made based upon the following factors, Parental Leave, Child Care, Flexibility, Health & Wellness and Advancement. Two of the...
Jun 13, 2014 | Humor, Moms & Dads, Working Parents
By Elizabeth Smith A couple of months ago I wrote a blog with a list of tips and tricks for how to help manage the crazy that is being a working mom. Unfortunately my list of tips and tricks was not enough. I am still getting my arms around this adventure that is...
Feb 15, 2014 | Just for Moms, Moms & Dads, Working Parents
By Jill Osborn “You can’t have a career and be a mother.” I have heard this time and time again, even from people who love me dearly. But are they right? In this day and age, can mothers have it all? Courtney Ronay says yes. She is a mother of two and entrepreneur of...
Jan 17, 2014 | Just for Moms, Moms & Dads, Parenting & Family, Raising Children, Working Parents
By Elizabeth Smith “What’s harder than being a working mom?” I asked myself this question as I was reluctantly heading back to work after my maternity leave with my second child. I quickly ended my pity party by answering my own question; being a single...
Dec 17, 2012 | -, Just for Moms, Moms & Dads, Parenting & Family, Raising Children, Working Parents
By Suzy Fielders I have learned a lot about juggling life as a working mom over the past six years. I am not only a working mom, but a single mom. I have a six year old daughter, Sarah, and as you can imagine I have to do a lot of balancing and tight scheduling since...
Jan 9, 2012 | For the Home, Just for Moms, Local Resources, Moms & Dads, Working Parents
By Guest Blogger Amanda Shore Growing up I had several friends whose moms didn’t “work.” Back then that meant that they didn’t work a public job. I remember thinking of my own mom and the hours she pulled teaching, working towards her graduate degree, often...
Aug 3, 2011 | Humor, Moms & Dads, Working Parents
My husband and I saw Horrible Bosses in the theater last weekend. It was a hilarious date night flick, and it made me chuckle thinking of my days working full-time for someone who I am not afraid to call a horrible boss. I worked for 10 years before leaving my career...
Jun 14, 2011 | Health, Humor, Just for Moms, Moms & Dads, Working Parents
I have always been the organized one, the detail-oriented one, the one who is always on time, the one who has things planned two weeks in advance. You know, typical Type-A. Not anymore. I don’t know what has happened to me and I need advice! I was a school...
