Brenda Patterson writes for working moms everywhere. She works in freelance writing and public relations from her home, while also taking care of her infant daughter. She is passionate about topics that impact women's lives.
In spite of busy lifestyles, most moms I know try and keep up on some bit of reading. Book clubs flourish after all, even though sometimes it’s more about the wine and company than the book. I try...
In light of the recent events in Haiti, people are more willing than ever to open up the pocketbooks and help those in need. For working moms, most of us have a strong urge to help, and look to online...
This week I faced one of the worst cases of writer’s block I can remember in my career. I was working on an article draft for a client. I knew the content, it was a manageable word count...
We take all the care in the world selecting the right daycare for our little ones, but it's fair to say even the best laid plans derail this time of year. If one of your kids gets sick...
I'm not really big on New Year's resolutions. Most times I see people (myself included) make them, then break them, then feel guilty. It just so happened that as 2010 rolled around this year, I came...
Due to the holiday break, I won't be posting any new articles until after the new year, so thought I would put up a post this week highlighting the most popular working mom articles from 2009. This certainly...
The way the holidays fall this year, many of us are looking at two solid weeks of quiet on the work front, leaving us to trade our regularly scheduled chaos for the holiday version. A big, tinsel-covered, car-ride...
Even the strongest willpower in the world is no match for the oodles and oodles of food that come mom's way over the holidays. Last year at one party I ate three oatmeal raisin cookies before it...
I’ve written before about how I’m a huge believer in the power of the hand-written thank you notes. Recently I was emailing with an old friend about the holidays and she mentioned that she&rsquo...
Over the last three weeks, my sitter’s two kids both came down with H1N1, nixing my childcare for three weeks in a row. This week, E woke in the middle of the night with a stomach bug, which...