<p>Non-tenure-track (NTT) faculty mothers often carry the weight of parenting and academic work without the support, security, or recognition that tenure-track roles provide. This study looks at how eight NTT faculty mothers at a large research university in the southeastern U.S. make sense of and manage their overlapping roles. Using narrative analysis informed by portraiture and framed by Clark’s Work/Family Border Theory, this study highlights how these women navigate blurred boundaries between work and home. Three main themes came through: choosing NTT roles as a way to prioritize motherhood, the added pressures of southern cultural expectations, and the emotional and professional costs of working in contingent positions. While these roles can offer some flexibility, they also leave faculty mothers feeling invisible and professionally stuck. This research brings forward stories that are often missing in conversations about academic life and calls for policies that better reflect the realities of caregiving in higher education, especially for those off the tenure track.</p>