{Post by Heather} In the last couple of weeks, I’ve had a couple of encounters with other women that have left me feeling less than. It’s happened before and unfortunately, it’s bound to happen again. I know it’s not something that women do on purpose or because they’re judging me, but it irks me none-the-less as I try to seek happiness as a mom. So what could these women … [Read more...]
How to Build a Home-Based Business
I never wanted to work while my kids were young. Being a stay-at-home mom was my first priority. I set my sights on being wife and mom in my first 10 years of marriage. Then, my husband’s job became a little less secure. I chose to build a home-based business on my time to help our financial future. About ten years in to our marriage, my husband’s military retirement seemed … [Read more...]
Would I Choose Stay-at-Home Mom All Over Again?
Welcome to Mom Motivation Mondays where weekly contributing writers share their motherhood experiences to encourage you to find the joy in being a mom. {This week: Post by Kristin Helms} I write a lot about my transformation from corporate life to stay-at-home mom life. It was such a radical shift in my existence - a true life pivot. As a result, I’ve had a few mamas … [Read more...]
How to Use Essential Oils: Daily Schedule
How to use essential oils in your day is so simple. There is a lot of uncertainty over how to use essential oils and whether they are safe. I have had pretty extensive doctor’s appointments in the last year that revealed to me that my health is doing great with essential oils as part of my daily routine. Sybil, blogger at She Lives Free, and I wanted to share how to use … [Read more...]
6 Tips to Get Your Finances in Order
My husband and I hardly saved a dollar when we first got married. We were both full-time students, living in on-campus married housing, eating box meals and disagreeing about our financial plans pretty regularly. My husband and I did not see eye to eye when it came to money. It has taken effort on my part to stay focused on saving while not trying to restrict my husband from … [Read more...]
Wonderful Wednesday Blog Hop & Link Up #160
Welcome to our party! More goodbyes. Change is inevitable. It is a part of life. This week is my last week as a co-host of The Wonderful Wednesday Blog Hop. Turns out there are two of us this week who need to focus on other areas of blogging and life right now, so Diane Rourke of Recipes For Our Daily Bread is leaving the hop as well. What a great team of women, … [Read more...]
Becoming A Stay-at-Home Mom
What really solidified my desire to focus on becoming a stay-at-home mom was my miscarriage. Getting attached to that baby so fast, having only weeks to celebrate the new little life, and then to have to let go of that life in such a gruesome way, made me realize how precious time is-particularly when you have a little being to nurture. Now I look at 8 years of being a … [Read more...]
Why Being a Mom Enhances Your Life
Welcome to Mom Motivation Mondays where weekly contributing writers share their motherhood experiences to encourage you to find the joy in being a mom. {This week: Post by Jaimi} We moms have a lot of options. Being a mom enhances your life. The other fact is that your time at home with your children is extremely important and valuable over the long term-in both your life … [Read more...]
Holiday Recipes and Wonderful Wednesday Blog Hop #155
What a great blog hop we had last week. 727 awesome posts and many many clicks. When we visit others' posts, we bless them! I visit your posts because you caught my eye with a title or a picture that made me want more. My other big reason? I go there to bless you! I want you to have more traffic. I want you to get social media … [Read more...]
Why I Don’t Have Mom Guilt
Welcome to Mom Motivation Mondays where weekly contributing writers share their motherhood experiences to encourage you to find the joy in being a mom. {This week: Post by Jaimi} This post contains affiliate links. Please view my disclosure. I get that many of you have deep mom guilt. This guilt about not finding a perfect balance every day, not being able to find joy … [Read more...]
Seeking Balance as a Stay-at-Home Mom, Work-at-Home Blogger
This post contains affiliate links. Please view my disclosure. The working mom/WAHM thing never appealed to me. I had no desire to try to balance my family and my work. Loose ends stress me out. I do not like having to set a project aside and leave it unfinished. Life has taken me down roads I often have no interest in traveling, but often those experiences that break me out … [Read more...]
Complete Guide for Stay-at-Home Moms: Work at Home Resources
At times, one income is not enough to live off of for various reasons. Being a stay-at-home mom is still possible even if you need to add a second source of income to your household. Included here are over 150 work at home resources and jobs for you to explore. If you want or need to look into work at home jobs, we have you covered. … [Read more...]
Starting a Home-Based Business: Resources for Moms
{Guest Post written by Taseea Lainas-Cruz} Have you ever created something for your friends or family and thought to yourself "Maybe others would enjoy this as well," or, "Maybe I can turn my passion into starting a home-based business"? These are the thoughts I had a year ago right before I started my own business, Ivy Kids LLC. Prior to starting Ivy Kids LLC, … [Read more...]
Work at Home Job Resources
I have been researching work at home opportunities, particularly for moms, and have put together a resource list for you. Many of you have messaged me on Facebook asking about work at home jobs for stay at home moms. I know supplemental income in a one-income house can be essential-and beneficial. Not sure if you have qualifications to apply for a job that allows you to work at … [Read more...]
Motherhood Is Not Easy
Exhausted, over-stretched, grasping to figure out if I was a successful mom that day. Of course, I never feel that way on just one day. "Things worth doing are never easy" comes to mind when I think of being a mother, but the bad days can get very draining. We could let ourselves view motherhood as a sentence rather than a celebration. After weaning my second child … [Read more...]