I like to imagine “balance” as this peaceful state of mind. It’s this feeling that everything is occurring in symbiotic coexistence. My life, my work, my personal happiness, it’s all at this serene, cue ocean wave white sound noises. That’s what balance is, right? It’s the perfect (by definition) system, …
Read More »Finding Grace In This Season Of Life
We all strive to be the best parents we can be. What does “the best parents we can be” really mean, though? It’s easy to want to compare ourselves to friends or family who have been through the early stages of parenthood before, but how many of us take the time …
Read More »On the Hunt (for Employment)
In December of last year, I started a new job. It had been a solid 7 years since I had been through an official interview process, updated resume to boot. 7 years. I was overwhelmed, stressed, anxious, and frustrated. And I’ll give you some inside information - I work in …
Read More »WGU Nevada Encouraging Adults to Go Back to School with New Year, New You Scholarship
New year, same goal: Go back to school. With the debut of a new scholarship opportunity, WGU Nevada is helping to turn that goal into reality with our New Year, New You Scholarship. No more excuses - time to make the life-changing decision to go back to school. WGU Nevada is …
Read More »What does your family do?
The best kept worst secret of having a school-aged kid are ALL the days out of school. Now, I get it. Teachers need work days. There are holidays. Kids need breaks. Yadda Yadda. I KNOW. But, seriously! The scheduling shenanigans that take place to figure out what to do with …
Read More »WGU Nevada is offering $325,000 in Full-Ride Scholarships for Aspiring Teachers as Part of Statewide ‘Teach Nevada’ Scholarship Program
Contemplating a career in education, but worried about the potential cost and time of going back to school? WGU Nevada is here to help. Thanks in part to the State of Nevada Department of Education’s “Teach Nevada” program, our online, competency-based university is currently offering 18 full-ride scholarships to newly …
Read More »WIC and the Nevada Breastfeeding Coalition’s Here-There-Everywhere, A Breastfeeding Awareness Campaign Supporting Nevada Moms
We all know mama’s need help with, well, everything from dinner and laundry to dishes and homework and so much in between. That’s why I thought the Reno Moms would be interested in a new program from the Nevada Women, Infants and Children that has been launched here in Reno …
Read More »From Homeless Mom To Thriving in Reno
Stephanie Taitano, who became homeless eight years ago in Reno when she was eight months pregnant and separated from her boyfriend, is on her way to graduating next Spring with a UNR bachelor’s in human development and family studies. She also teaches physical education in the local school system and …
Read More »I wear the scarlet letter “I” on my chest. Wear it with me.
Squeezing into pantyhose, a suit and skirt, was not easy with my quickly changing body as I progress through this much coveted pregnancy….but I took one for the team folks. As I stated in my last blog post, I am exiting Infertility Highway, but am not leaving behind my community …
Read More »Sitting Won’t Be The Death of Me
When I chose my college major of marketing, one big deciding factor was that I thought marketing wouldn’t require me to sit at a computer all day. It’s very ironic that I do 99% of my work at a computer in an office, and I have been for the past decade …
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