A working mom’s reflection as the school year comes to an end. By the third week of March 2020, we were forced to immediately change our normal. Before the Covid-19 pandemic directly affected my life, my normal was jam-packed on a daily basis – from guzzling coffee and eating pop-tart scraps for breakfast, to dropping…
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Local Scenery To Relieve Stress Through Music & Nature by Jenny Leigh Hodgins This is part of my series of creative posts to encourage you during this pandemic and through the inherent challenges we all face as a result. I hope you are doing your best to stay at home as much as possible to…
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It’s A Fit New World It’s an ordinary Tuesday morning before work. Lace up my sneakers, tighten my hair tie, mentally prepare for a sweat sesh, then … pick up my remote?! Yep. It’s time to log in to my on-demand fitness subscription. The good news is that I don’t have to worry about whether…
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Working From Home: Learn From an Expert WLK Board Member Nicole Mueller has 20 years of experience working from home, and was kind enough to share her insights with us! With the global pandemic of Coronavirus, working from home is at an all-time record high and will probably remain this way for the foreseeable future. …
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Creating a Stronger Bond During the Quarantine Since we were advised by the Governor to “Stay Safe at Home’ my husband Clark and I are home with our orange tabby cat, Calvin who is perplexed as to why we are here. We have been married eighteen years … a ‘later in life’ second marriage for…
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Quarantined Life for a Newly Married Couple November 8, 2019 was one of the happiest days of my life…I married my best friend, Michael! And yes, I had to look at my calendar to make sure that was the right date. Bless my heart (SMH)! During our courtship we were able to get to know…
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Positive Thinking in Times of Doubt I think the greatest challenge we are facing with this Pandemic is the unknown: How long will we be shut down? Will I get sick? Will I make my family sick? Will I die? Will my elderly mother get in the hospital and I won’t be able to see…
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Living Solo During the Quarantine If you’re retired and living alone, you’ll find that many of the days are the same as before the virus. I live alone with my dog Sadie, and love it. I take her for a couple of walks each day and sit on my front porch much of the afternoon,…
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LEADERSHIP TIPS FOR WORKING FROM HOME! From Carol Siler COVID-19 pandemic has created new challenges for the workforce. While some people may be ‘work-from-home’ pro’s, many of us are foreign to this new work environment. After a week of working from home, I thought it was necessary to keep myself centered and focused by developing…
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What It Means to Say “Count Me In” Sheryl Sandberg challenged women to “lean in” over seven years ago, igniting a revolution of female empowerment in the workplace. Now it is time to take “leaning in ” one-step further; it’s time to say “count me in ” through actively educating, participating and advocating on behalf of…
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