WAHM vs. Working Mom

 I feel like I'm struggling and juggling with Christmas this year. I'm feeling unsure about the decision I made a few months ago to give up making girlie accessories. I'm actually REALLY feeling the financial part of it and how it has affected my Christmas giving.

 Last year I was stressed beyond about getting my holiday orders done and shipped in time and knowing that I was neglecting my motherly and wifely duties as well. I had gone back and forth in my head about it for a while. I knew it was more important to give 100% of me to my family but, now I just wanna cry because I feel like I can't give them all of things they want and NEED for that manner.

 If I was working outside the home I would make enough to pay for childcare and well, since I have 3 kids it would be really expensive so, it just made more sense for me to work from home but, what most people don't understand is that when you go to work outside the home you are not babysitting, making meals, cleaning the house, doing laundry, driving people here and there and helping with homework. You actually have time to focus on your job that pays your bills when you work outside the home.

  I had to focus on not only being  the CEO of my job but, the CEO of a household as well. What's a mom to do in this situation? Struggle financially to give your family what they need emotionally or struggle emotionally to give your family what they need financially? I have to give up one to have the other no matter what decision I make. I'm just not sure if I made the right decision.

Mommy 911

So, I’ve always prided myself on being the most well prepared mom on the block from having a spare change of clothes and shoes for each kid in the car to a well stocked and up to date first aid kit not only in the house but in the car as well, that was until a few days ago when IT happened!

We were out and ready to come home from a great Easter/ Birthday Party (yup, that’s how we roll) and IT happened….We were just about to get into the car for a long ride home when I took a look at my oldest son and his eyes looked like he had stuffed a bunch of cotton into the inside corners. They were so large and puffy that it seemed as though the space between them was all even with no dimension. I was shocked and asked if he had fallen and hit the bridge of his nose but, he nodded and said “no”. He had no idea what I was talking about. Well, after much proding I found out that during the Easter egg hunt he had rubbed up against a plant and had a scratch on his arm from it. He was having an allergic reaction!!! OMG! To the First Aid kit I ran but, I stood there shocked and in dismay.

In all my infinite motherly wisdom I had somehow forgotten to add the mother of all medicines to the Car’s First Aid kit. Yes, even the most well prepared mother on the block had missed adding BENDRYL to the First Aid kit!!!

Luckily I thought quickly and ran back to the house and asked another mother if she had any and, of course she DID!

What my friends does this lesson teach us? That even though we think we’re perfectly prepared, we’re not! Now, I must go and double check the First Aid kit in the house as well as I’m sure you will do after reading this too. Wink Wink.

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