But this got me thinking - my husband and I do not earn a great living by today's standards. In my opinion, we both make a decent wage, but there never seems to be enough. We have debt, we have to budget, do without, a wash Ziplock bags. Why? We have the greatest luxury in life - working from home and doing what we love. My husband loves his job. I only work part time, for the same company as my husband, freelancing, selling Tupperware, and starting a retail business. All of this keeps me VERY busy.
When I don't feel like working, I don't. When I'm sick, I take the day off. When he kids are sick, I can take care of them, I never miss any "firsts", and I can do daytime and school activities with them. Recently I was asked to help out at the preschool Valentine's Day party. The party was on Wednesday, and it was the Friday before. At that time the teacher had not yet got any volunteers, and actually asked me if I would help. Of course, the only reason I didn't offer was to let someone else have a turn! Anyway, long story short, one other parent did come - out of 24 students.
Forget balance - being gone most of the day would leave me too exhausted to spend time with my kids in the evening. Sure - when I leave them I am happy to see them, but after working all day, how much would I have left? And then there's doing housework - when?
Eventually I'm hoping to turn my small business into a retail store, but if that happens and I have more young kids, they will be coming to work with me. My mom did it when I was little, and I didn't mind. I don't know if I ever will be wealthy, but I will be happy.
This is not a stab at working parents - I respect what you do, and just like those people who make great money running home daycares, it's not for me.
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