Working From Home - Examining Your 'Why'
by Nicole Dean
Published on this site: November 28th, 2005 - See
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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.
Nicole Dean is the mostly-sane Mom behind
http://www.ShowMomTheMoney.com.
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