Fathers Finding the Balance

From books to TV, magazines to the Internet, it is not hard to find mothers venting about how difficult it is to find the perfect balance between work and child rearing. Juggling a career plus the responsibilities that go along with being a wife and mother takes a tremendous amount of energy, discipline, patience, and hard work. However, according to a new survey, moms are not the only ones trying to do it all and feeling like failures in the process. Researchers at the Boston College Center for Work and Family recently released the results of a survey in which … Continue reading

Jobs in America

I hope y’all will indulge me today. I have been thinking a lot lately about America and the way our economy is set up (capitalism, of course) and I wanted to share those thoughts with my readers. In case you missed it, my husband is losing his job at the end of month, and apparently I just love to worry about whether or not he’s going to find a new one. 😉 So last night, as I watched the fireworks exploding overhead in amazing brilliance, my mind started to wander, and I started to think about how in America, you … Continue reading