Kids are growing up fast its getting harder to keep up with their activities, school projects, house hold work along with both of our full time jobs. Kids are at an age where they want to try out different activities and its hard to always schedule them in the evening or weekend. Besides with constant running and a long list of things to do, if kids don't cooperate, it hard to maintain calm and then you feel bad for shouting at them.
I had taken a 6 month leave of absence (LOA) in summer of 2014 and although didn't do everything I wanted to in that break, I enjoyed the time with kids. I also realized that life was less stressful for all of us. There was more time, more patience, less shouting and I was also able to spend more time into healthy cooking at home.
With that experience and the back to work pressure combined with odd time meetings, I am thinking more often about being a stay-at-home mom. Part of me wants to be there for the kids since I know they will only need us for next few years, but part of me is having hard time letting go the 15-yr old career. Also, I guess when you work, there is this feeling of independence and confidence along with brain stimulation through challenging and engrossing adult conversation. That will be hard to get in SAHM, but then I don't want to feel bad later for not having spent enough time with kids and being there for them when they needed me the most.
The SAHM calling is getting stronger day by day. Lets see when it actually happens...
I had taken a 6 month leave of absence (LOA) in summer of 2014 and although didn't do everything I wanted to in that break, I enjoyed the time with kids. I also realized that life was less stressful for all of us. There was more time, more patience, less shouting and I was also able to spend more time into healthy cooking at home.
With that experience and the back to work pressure combined with odd time meetings, I am thinking more often about being a stay-at-home mom. Part of me wants to be there for the kids since I know they will only need us for next few years, but part of me is having hard time letting go the 15-yr old career. Also, I guess when you work, there is this feeling of independence and confidence along with brain stimulation through challenging and engrossing adult conversation. That will be hard to get in SAHM, but then I don't want to feel bad later for not having spent enough time with kids and being there for them when they needed me the most.
The SAHM calling is getting stronger day by day. Lets see when it actually happens...
