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By Rachel S.
Eight years ago, my boyfriend walked out the door. Our daughter was 7-months old, and I'll never know for sure what put him over the edge. He was…
When I recently read Jeannie MacDonald's Work It Mom article -- on why we should stop multi-tasking -- I felt like she was spying on me. Jeannie,…
If your “Economic Stimulus Payment Notice” has not come in the mail yet, it might be on the way. More than 130 million American households…
Not long into single motherhood, I moved back to California to be closer to my family. I'd left home a decade earlier, at age 18, and never looked…
Recently, when The Mike and Juliet Show (Fox TV) asked me to fly to New York City to appear as an expert for "a segment on single moms," I silently…
My life often feels like one busy intersection. I'm a single mom who runs her own writing and editing business from a little nook off the kitchen.…
"I would love to get Mae a bike for her birthday. Is that her dream? Love, Dad" This is what my Dad emailed to me just before my daughter's…
Single Mom at Work blogger Kristin Darguzas wrote a post at Work It, Mom! recently that caused quite an uproar around the
One of the most satisfying -- and sometimes vulnerable -- consequences about working online is that your professional and personal lives often intersect.…
Have you been watching TLC's new reality dating show Must Love Kids? There have been three episodes so far, in which the cameras follow three single…
First, in my defense, he wasn't actually my UPS man anymore. He used to deliver packages to me (no, not that kind!) -- seven years ago. I will admit…
Hitting on your kid's teacher at Back to School Night? One single dad did it. Dad's House, a single dad blogger and friend of mine, recently…
Let's say you're working, raising your three kids, and sometimes bickering with your doctor-husband. You practice yoga, you run long-distance.…
During my freak out moments about money these days, thank goodness for the positive posts I've been reading on WorkItMom.com. According to many…
I’ve been crying off and on over the past week, in joy. I know that Work It Mom is supposed to be about work, but for many of us here -- as working…
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