It’s always good to know you’re not alone. It’s why most of us read blogs, to learn tips
and tricks from other people in life situations similar to ours to make our
lives better. So since I’ve been back to
work I’ve been desperately searching for blogs written by other working
moms. Thing is, there just aren’t that
many. I believe I can infer the why – if
you work full time and you’re a mom, you’re just too busy to write a blog. Not saying that SAH moms aren’t also busy,
but I know when I get home from work, all I want to do is hang out with my
baby, not work on my blog. If I was at
home with him all day, I could set aside some time for it, but as it is, I’m
still feeling that guilt most first time working moms feel for every minute we
are away from our babies that we don’t have to be. That’s what I’m really looking for in another
working mom’s blog, ways to cope with the guilt that’s associated with spending
40-50 hours away from your child.
I’ve also found that a lot of working mom blogs are
politically oriented, spending most of their time touting the cruelness of the
American laws regarding maternity leave.
From what I’ve read, we are far behind most developed countries in this
arena. While I agree things need to
change, I’m more interested with the here and now, and dealing with what we’ve
got. So hopefully I can try to fill this
hole in the blog world. If you have a
blog or know of one that fills this gap, please leave a comment, I’d love to
read it!
You may ask how I have time to blog. The truth is, shhhh…I write posts at
work. I have occasional down time and I
can’t stand to sit at my computer with nothing to do, so I blog. Since I’m in the construction industry I
don’t have a lot of flexibility to work from home, so I figure I may as well
make the best use of my time I can, both at work and at home.
Here are a couple blogs I love:
Ha! Yeah that’s a
great big list isn’t it? Like I said, I
haven’t found many that aren’t uber-political.
I don’t like getting into that because, and I may lose some followers
here, but I’m a republican. Yes, that’s
right, I’m part of the 1% of working women that is not a democrat. Why, you ask?
I’m a southern Catholic pro-life crazy person that actually believes that
the financial issues need to be addressed before the social issues. Slander me if you will, but to each her own,
I believe what I believe. Which makes it
EVEN MORE difficult for me to find something helpful to read. Eek.
So if I haven’t lost you already, leave me a comment on your favorite
working mommy blogs. Thanks!
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