The Make it Work Mom

Working Mom Hurdles Son’s Hurling Episode

Emmaus, Pennsylvania—For one local mother, last Wednesday began much like any other day. Laura, a single mom of three children ages 2, 4,...

Apr 22, 20224 min read

On your first day of daycare as a seven-week-old baby, I didn’t cry. Not when I handed you over to a near-stranger, or when I got back...

Jun 14, 20214 min read

Like most kids, my childhood bedroom was rarely neat and tidy. I viewed my room as nothing more than a container for my things and a...

Mar 19, 20214 min read

Logan's birth story started out nearly identical to Gracie's, but it turned out to be day to night different.

Sep 22, 20193 min read

Birth stories are my favorite. It doesn’t matter the type of birth—home, hospital, drug-free vaginal, scheduled c-section, surprise...

Sep 13, 20195 min read

We have a “secret” family recipe for chocolate chip cookies. It’s taped to the inside of a cabinet in my parents’ house, and a picture of...

Jun 14, 20196 min read

I sit in a hospital bed cradling Gracie, my first baby. I’m nearly delirious with exhaustion, but she’s awake again and screaming loudly...

Apr 19, 20195 min read

“Yah-yah-yah-yah-yah,” my freshly minted one-year-old babbles to himself as he flops around on my bed. He’s like a puppy spinning circles...

Apr 3, 20195 min read

Your small body is draped across my torso; your limbs hanging off my sides. You pick up your head in discomfort only to slam it back down...

Sep 4, 20182 min read

“We’ll give her a cocktail of medicine before we take her back.” the anesthesiologist told me. “It will relax her, make her a little...

Jul 25, 20182 min read

"Mommy," my toddler daughter's voice squeaks, "I got you a present!" I look down at her twig-like two-year-old frame to accept the...

Apr 6, 20183 min read