Confessions of a crazy super mom! At around the same time of the year, 4 years back, I was a crazy super woman, trying to hold down three jobs at the same time. Due to a string of unfortunate events (involving my hubbys broken knee and my helper running off and leaving me stranded) we were left high and dry on a shoe string budget. So I went out and got as many jobs as I could handle. I was so thankful when I landed a full-time teaching job at a prestigious international kindergarten, a part-time-evening lecturing job at a prestigious university and a weekend job as a supervisor of a parent-child playgroup. I was desperately trying to make ends meet while my hubby was home recovering from an injury and operation (which was not covered by insurance) on no-pay-leave. Despite all the crazy work load, I continued to push my boundaries, to be better at what I do, to challenge myself to work harder and before long, I started feeling really good about myself for being really good at what i did....working with kindergarten children, playgroup children, parents and teachers. I loved my jobs and I loved being able to prove to myself (and also to my in-laws) that I can do it ;) Just as I was beginning to see the light at the end of the tunnel to me meeting the financial demands of my family, a teaching colleague of mine asked me a question which I will never forget. She said so you have time to teach everybody elses children except yours?. Yes!.....this question hit me really hard like a rock! My first instinct was to hate her for it....after all, its none of her business and she doesnt even know me or my family or what im going through! But after giving it some thought, I realized that she made a really good point! While I was out making ends meet, at that time, I had a 5 year old and a 2.5 year old waiting for me at home and they rarely got to see me as I was working all the time! I felt really, really, REALLY bad.... :( The whole point of me having children of my own was to spend every waking hour with them but in all the stress and anxiety of making ends meet, I became so caught up in my game that I have forgotten the very thing that was important to me! From that time onwards, I cherished every moment that I spent with my children and started appreciating them like never before. More importantly, I realized that I needed a new plan....a plan which will allow me to work from home so that I can spend more time with them....and I needed to do it before they grow up and set off to school! 3 years on, I have managed to work towards building a business as I inched closer to my dream of working from home. I get to spend lots of time with my children (even though they are already in school) and have plenty of energy on weekends to participate in various activities with them. However, all this would probably not be possible without the providence from the One above, a supportive hubby and for Roanne Blackler, my teaching colleague (who likes to call a spade, a spade) who has knocked some sense into me! Its so interesting to see how life throws people and things at you and to watch how your future unfolds based on how to decide to interpret your experiences.
Posted on: Sat, 30 Nov 2013 17:27:48 +0000
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