Some extra bling Blog — motherhood

Dear Working Mom, You are not alone. That blow to the stomach when working mom guilt hits is more common than what you’d think.  Working moms are constantly chasing the balance of working a job that they want and being the best mom for their children. You feel like time is flying by, your kids are growing up way too quickly, and you’re running out of time to achieve all your career goals.  Whether you are working a job you love and doing it because you are passionate about it, or a job you don’t like but you are doing...

How many times have you felt like at the end of the day, there was just no time left for you? Moms are constantly juggling multiple responsibilities - the kids, the house, the bills, the shopping, the work… Even though men's parenting time has increased, women's has too. A study published by the American Sociological Review concluded that women spend 10 more hours per week multitasking than fathers do.  With all of that going on, mothers are just too busy taking care of everyone else that they end up forgetting about themselves. Maybe at the encouragement of generations who have...

Loving our mom can be described as easy and natural as breathing. Then, why don’t we let her know more often how much we love her?  From the moment we were born a bond is forever formed. Right there and then, we find the meaning of comfort and love. The more she takes care of us, the more we fall in love with her, and - as surprising as it may seem - we actually show it to her in our own baby ways.  So, let’s not forget to keep showing our mothers how much we love them, even after...