Judge Sonia Sotomayor: For Latina moms, a victory (source: NJ.com)

She was raised by a single mother in a housing project and went on to achieve her dream through hard work and perseverance – that’s why I like Judge Sonia Sotomayor, President Barack Obama’s nominee for Supreme Court justice. The other reason I like her is because I can relate to Sonia Sotomayor’s life story. Judge Sotomayor’s family came to New York from Puerto Rico during World War II. She was raised by her mother, Celina Sotomayor, in the Bronx after her father died and was inspired to be a lawyer, attending Princeton University and Yale Law School. Click here to read full story.

Moms blog to vent, laugh, connect (source: The Des Moines Register)

Young moms in Des Moines are using blogging and social networking tools to meet new people, talk about the ups and downs of motherhood and share their children’s progress with friends and family. Jody Gifford, 36, started blogging about three years ago at sadiegifford.blogspot.com, shortly before her daughter was born. Now that the stay-at-home-mom also has 1-year-old twins, she says Internet applications like Blogger, Facebook and Twitter have helped her stay connected to the world outside her house. “They make you go from being isolated to having a community of friends, even if you don’t know what they look like,” she said. “It makes you feel like a person again. I can do something other than change diapers and feed babies.” Click here to read full story.

Mom-in-Chief a Six-Figure Job (source: Inc. Magazine)

The job facing a stay-at-home mom rivals that of an entrepreneur running a start-up company, according to a recent study be Salary.com. The study reveals that the job of being a mother incorporates the skills of, among others, a CEO, psychologist, facilities manager, computer operator, cook, and van driver, and her salary should be in the neighborhood of $122,732. Click here to  read full story.

What’s new on Capitol Hill? Motherhood (source: cnn.com)

At 8:30 a.m., Kirsten Gillibrand looks like any other working mom in a minivan dropping off her baby boy at day care and her other son at school.  But one hour later, she is gaveling the United States Senate into session. Sen. Gillibrand, D-New York, is part of a different kind of “change” in Washington — a baby boom among female lawmakers. She had her son Henry 11 months ago, when she was serving in the House of Representatives. Click here to read full story.

Making a Difference: Marine Mom Care Packages (source: KPVI.com)

One marine mom has made it her goal to make sure every soldier fighting in Iraq and Afghanistan from our area has a care package by July 4th. Since Chris Nelson’s daughter enlisted in the Marines at the age of 18 and moved half way across the world to Iraq and now Japan, she’s kept a scrapbook of her daughters every move, including pictures and e-mails the two have exchanged through the years of being separated.  Click here to read full story.

Moms who make it work: ‘Mompreneurs’ make big ideas part of their career/family balancing act (source:News & Observer)

Many moms have had an entrepreneurial flash as they struggled with a badly designed infant seat or crafted their own new and improved onesie.  While some might share their newfound expertise with close friends and family, more and more are acting on those inspired moments and starting their own business. They’ve even got their own name: mompreneurs. Click here to read full story.

MP Story by Amy Rinsema (Pittsburgh, PA)

Stay-at-Home Mom * Mother of 1

By 5:30 AM, I was soaked to the bone with the exception of an area just big enough to hide a cell phone. The time change guaranteed an extra hour of dark peace, but an hour wasn’t enough to finish a Sunday morning in blissful anonymity.

Two and a half years ago, the mention of me greeting the dawn every day would have brought howls of laughter from everyone from my students, to my college roommates, to my nieces and nephews, but today it’s become a morning ritual of a year and counting. Forget the rain, snow, sleet and hail braved by the postal service; they get vacation and benefits. Read more »

Mommy Power is featured on the Family Life Blog on Syracuse.com

Syracuse.com has a great mommy blog called the Family Life Blog. It is run by Gina Chen, a mother of 2 and a wonderful writer! They just featured Mommy Power as the featured blog. Check out this blog and make it part of your daily read!

MP Definition by Nancy (Holbrook, NY)

Writer * Mother of 1

Mommy Power is sleepness nights but finding the energy to make 2 hours of sleep work to your advantage. Mommy Power is a constant to do list that never gets finished but feeling proud of yourself when you can only check off one item. Mommy Power is not making any sense to anyone except yourself because you know exactly what you are trying to say. But most importantly Mommy Power is looking into the eyes of your child and feeling from the bottom of your heart that every minute is worth it when they smile back at you.

MP Story by Stacey Rex (Saginaw, MI)

Writer / Editor * Mother of 3

It had definitely been “one of those days.” My four-month-old twin boys had been up all night – low-grade fevers and upset stomachs kept them from sleeping through the night. I stumbled out of the shower in just enough time to get them bundled up for day care and make their big sister’s lunch.

The four of us raced out the door. After dropping the babies off at day care and getting our eight-year-old to school, I was five minutes late for work. I was greeted with grief from my supervisor and an impossible stack of paperwork on my desk.

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