Being a mom is what I always wanted to be. I had no career aspirations; I wanted my children, my family, to be my “job.”
I started out getting my wish and was a stay-at-home mom for 10 years. I had no idea how hard that was going to be. The isolation, the constant need for my attention. I also had no idea it would take its toll on the relationship with my husband.
Of course, the economy crashing, didn’t help things and the stress from it all was overwhelming. At the time, even though I was choosing to stay home with my kids I still wanted to contribute financially and taught piano lessons, found ways to earn money online and started a travel agency business.
Juggling work and home WHEN you work from home is a WHOLE other ballgame...
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Last week I did something I was afraid to do.
I went on a vacation to Disneyland with my children and my ex-husband.
It was a trip I had always envisioned we would take when I got married and started a family.
Despite the fact that our relationship didn’t end up the way I had always thought, we still are a family, our children are still our children. And Disneyland was still something I wanted to do.
Even so, I wasn’t exactly looking forward to it the way I would have had our relationship worked out.
But I did it. I survived and I’m glad I did it.
I wasn’t the only one who conquered a fear that week either. Both of my children were terrified to go on the big rides. They had agreed to do Splash, Space and Thunder Mountain at least once.
Once we got there and they saw what they had t...
