Work

We love spending our weekends doing quality family activities and getting the most out of our time with the kids. But as a full-time working mom, what about weekdays? Some weeknights I feel guilty after putting my two-year-old down for...

My office has a running joke that we could operate a full daycare center. At current count, we collectively have nearly 20 children–the majority of whom are five and under. We may not see them at staff meetings or...

We're excited to share the first episode of our Local Moms Who Lead video series! Our first guest is Sue Dvorsky. Sue is a fixture in the Iowa City community. She spent 36 years as a Special Education teacher...

Dear Kids, You see me working a lot – my office is at our house, so how could you not? When you set up your own home offices with toy computers and type away or talk on your toy phones...

I love resumes. Long before I actually worked at a career center, I would enthusiastically volunteer to review and edit my friends’ resumes. I’ve always found the process somewhat comforting. I get to humor my love of consistent formatting...

I was raised with a healthy dose of, “Girls can do anything boys can do,” but it wasn’t until I had daughters of my own that I really started paying attention to all the indirect messages that society sends...

I have raised one child to actual adulthood. She can vote and buy her own Zyrtec. I've been at this Mom thing for a while, and let me tell you, my give-a-care has given out. All the things that...

I wasn't expecting going back to work to be so hard to juggle. Getting out of the house (on time) is a HUGE feat now. Jumping into strategic conversations when my brain is in "need a nap mode" and...

They say the life of a working mom is a balancing act. For a couple of minutes tonight, I was literally balancing my child, my work phone, and a child’s potty full of pee. It could have gone horribly...

When I had my daughter, I went from working two jobs to becoming a stay at home mom. Now, a little over two years later, I am making the transition from a stay at home mom to a work...