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Working From Home -- Examining Your 'Why'
As Work at Home Moms, we talk about our "Why" as a positive
thing. Our "Why" is our purpose, our reason, our muse. We refer
to our 'Why' when we need inspiration or motivation to reach
outside our comfort zone, to try a little harder, to keep going
even when it's hard. Our 'Why' helps us to succeed.
Today I was asking "Why work from home" in a slightly different
tone. Today, I am home with a sick puppy and am up to my
eyeballs in puppy puke.
I'm new to this puppy thing. I was warned up and down about how
much work a puppy is, and I thought "I have two children. How
hard can a puppy possibly be?!" Well, one difference is that
newborn babies aren't born with fangs -- at least mine weren't.
So, in between changing the gauze patches on my shredded arms
(those teeth are sharp!), and hours of puppy school, I fell in
love with this furry beast. He was added to my list of "Why's".
So, today, while I was composing my work at home mom newsletter,
in the background I hear my furr-ball start to vomit -- again.
The thought that ran through my mind initially was not a happy
"Why". It was more like:
* "WHY in the world am I home to deal with this while my husband
gets to sit in a quiet office all day?"
* "WHY isn't HE dealing with cleaning up the 8th pile of yucky
stuff?"
* "WHY don't I get any
peace and quiet while I work?!"
After I cleaned up the puppy, rubbed his head and got him clean
blankets, threw in another load of laundry, and climbed into bed
with my sick 7 year old and my 3 year old to read stories, I had
time to collect my thoughts. A little bit (ok, a LOT) of puppy
puke was sure worth it.
And, later, when I made my phone call to my husband to tell him
about our day, it wasn't the puppy-puke I was telling him
about....
I told him how our daughter said that she wanted to plant some
jelly beans to grow a jelly bean tree. And, how the kids were
playing the game of Life and I overheard their rules. They
decided that the person who got the most parents into the car
won. That's why I stay at home.
And, if a furry little tail starts wagging when I walk into the
room? Well, that's sure an added bonus.
So, the next time your warm and loving "Why" turns into a plea
for help, take a deep breath and think of all the memories you
would be missing -- both good and not-so-good, if you weren't a
work at home mom.
About the author:
Nicole Dean is the mostly-sane Mom behind
http://www.ShowMomTheMoney.com. Are you a Work at Home Mom
looking for help in your online business? Take the
ShowMomtheMoney 101 Tutorial free at
http://ww.showmomthemoney.com/free-tutorial.htm.
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