Most days as a stay at home mom are full of surprises; other days you wonder what your purpose in life is. Motherhood in and of itself brings so many life changes and you must learn quickly to adapt, stay calm, and roll with every spill, fall or call from the school principal.

If you are like me, you want one place to go for parenting advice, health, fitness, food and beauty tips, product reviews, and shopping deals. This site is for you, the mom that wants it all.

You have the desire, talents and need to create your best life — I can help make it your reality…now!

The mission of At Home Moms is to bring more mothers home to be with their children, earning satisfying incomes while raising families. It is a community that inspires and supports all moms to be more healthy, happy, and successful.

Like many of you, I have had my share of blessings and times of struggle. It is truly a dream to watch how you are taking charge of your home and family in leading a more balanced and successful life. My vision is to help moms like you go from “stay” at home to “thrive” at home!

Here is my story…

I am a Midwest girl at heart, having grown up in Ohio (Go Buckeyes!) with a loving and supportive family, I understood early on that entrepreneurism was the key to fulfillment. My father, who believed in “work before play”, missed out on a lot of time with my brother and I while providing the comforts of life to our family. My mother, a Kindergarten teacher, master nurturer, and bargain hunter extraordinaire provided support for anything I decided I wanted to do. I am blessed to have had a childhood that was happy, loving, and full of extraordinary opportunities.

It was their example, their talents and commitment to family and integrity that culminated into AtHomeMoms.com. I sought a balance of all the gifts my family afforded me; time with family is invaluable and the gifts of frugality are necessary in any economy.

When entering college it was not a difficult choice to decide what field I wanted to be in. Fundamentally, my calling has always been helping people achieve their highest potential and become their best self. I understood that health and fitness was a core value in that equation.

I graduated from Ohio State University with a major in Exercise Physiology. I worked as a personal trainer, owned my own gym, and married, moving shortly after to Southern Maine.

While in Maine, I hosted a kid’s exercise TV show on a local station, and implemented exercise programs for young children in local school districts.

Life was good – except I was working all the time! My life felt out of balance…

In preparation for starting a family, I knew I needed to make a career change. I decided to go back to school for a teaching certificate in Biology and Health. I enjoyed this pace of life better, especially since I had been blessed with the news that I was pregnant!

While still celebrating the news of our growing family and preparing for a major career change, we lost our home and everything in it to a devastating fire. We were placed in temporary housing and struggled with the thought of what to do and where to live. I finished out the school year and moved to Florida to be closer to my parents for the birth of our son.

 The happiest day of my life is when my son was born! My future plans were to be a stay at home mom, not return back to work until he was at least in school full time, and have the gift of spending as much time as possible with him.

Sadly, by the end of that year with a baby four months old, I was once again faced with heartache — my husband left me for another woman.

I was faced with being a single-mom, the terrors of divorce, and trying to put a plan for our future in place. I felt cheated out of the joy that comes with having a new born child, and I was scared of what I was going to do to provide for myself and my son.

I was fortunate to have met like-minded people and entrepreneurial mentors who inspired me to think bigger than myself, and offer my talents to the world. And this, I saw as the paved road to my future. I began taking steps forward in creating a career path that paid in freedom!

Thankfully, love was also on the horizon. I met my partner Mark, who not only loved and supported me, but equally loved my son. He took a huge interest in my career goals and has been instrumental in giving light to AtHomeMoms.com.

Things were perfect; well, aside from the fact that he was battling a progressed stage of cancer early on in our relationship. Together, we supported one another emotionally and devoted countless hours towards finding a treatment to his health ailments — all while building our respective entrepreneurial careers.

After many months of an experimental immune therapy treatment, he was cured, and I was finally ready to work towards the launch of the new AtHomeMoms.com – the place where you can learn to thrive at home!

Through the ups and downs in my life I have learned the value of this quote:

“The past has passed, the future is unknown, and today is a gift;

this is why it is called the present.”

It is my goal to provide viable work-from-home opportunities so that you can spend more time with your children and diminish the stress of finances in your life.

Thank you for being the reason I am here and an important part of our AtHomeMoms.com community!

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