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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Kathy Ireland shares her tips for life as a busy mom (source: CNN.com)

At 7 o’clock in the morning, Kathy Ireland’s life isn’t nearly as glamorous as you think. The former supermodel has to get three kids ready for day, make lunches and guide them through the chaos that precedes the rush to school. “My life is, it’s pretty crazy. Some elements are different than a lot of moms, and some are very similar,” she said while promoting her book “Real Solutions for Busy Moms.” Click here to read full story.

MP Definition by Bailey Vincent Clark (Staunton, VA)

Stay-at-Home Mom / Writer  * Mother of 1 (+ 1 on the way) * Make Over Mamma 

Mommy Power is our ability to love, laugh and learn- even when faced with the most difficult job on the planet. Mothers are amazing because we can love and protect another being with every ounce of our heart.. even while it’s spitting up, crying, throwing a tantrum or slamming a door in our face. We have the ability to hold three conversations at once, clean the house, teach a child, ignore bad behavior, pray for help, laugh at ourselves and love our children dearly… all at the same time! Do you know anyone else who holds that kind of power?

Hollywood’s Hardest-Working Moms (source: Forbes.com)

For women in entertainment, no role or album is tougher–or can garner more attention–than raising kids. Madonna just ended one of the most lucrative years in her career. In 2008, she sold close to 1 million albums in the U.S., grossed $105 million on tour and inked several endorsement deals. But the public only has ears for one thing: Mercy James. Click here to read full story

Mom’s Duties Prime Nancy Pelosi For Leadership (source: Pittsburgh Tribune Review)

As House speaker, she is arguably the most powerful woman on the planet and the only woman ever to be second in line for the presidency. She learned the basics of running the show as a stay-at-home mom who had five children in six years. “Never underestimate what happens in a home,” Pelosi tells two Tribune-Review reporters and two editors. “All the discipline, diplomacy, sense of organization … I learned it all there.” Click here to read full story

MP Definition by Trish Parkhill (Pittsburgh, PA)

Advertising * Mother of 2

The ability to stop tears in their tracks with one look. The strength to hold back a curse word even when no other word can better convey your emotion. The will to drag yourself out of bed when you’re sicker than sick because you’re no longer just taking care of yourself. The intelligence to decipher a language not available to learn in any written form. The capacity to wipe someone else’s butt while simultaneously thinking you are the luckiest woman live. The humbleness in allowing yourself to weep every time your child does something new and magnificent. The super human force and extreme lengths you’d go to save your child from harm. That is mommy power.

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