Career Kids or Both?

I am a young (relatively) mother of two, who married young, had kids young and launched myself into career hood all at the same time.

Having held long term, professional positions for most of my adult life I was at a point where I could not possibly imagine not being a working professional, my job was a huge part of my life.

The rude awakening came when I was laid off from my job of almost three years unexpectedly this past January.

I was convinced that there was no way that I would ever become a "homemaker", "stay-at-home mom" or anything of the such. Telling myself that it is degrading, old fashioned, boring, isolated (and any number of other such derogatory terms) for a woman to be at home with the kids and not working. SO I was determined to find myself the perfect position at the perfect company ASAP.

Five months have now gone by with countless resume postings and job applications and not a single phone call. At first I went through total disillusionment, crying, railing and heartbroken about the loss of my "Career", then I became somewhat content to sleep in, hang out around the house "in the meantime" but was still determined to find that perfect job.

Well I have now reached the point where I have decided that staying at home is not so bad at all, I have come to enjoy my children more than I ever thought possible. I have become a chef in my own kitchen trying all sorts of recipes that I never had time for before, and you know what? I like it!

So I have now reached a stage where I am comfortable at home, and I want to stay here. Yes, I enjoyed my professional job, I enjoyed being paid well, having goals, colleagues and everything that came along with it, but I never knew what I was missing out on.

I have started this blog to dedicate my time to finding the perfect balance between kids and job in finding that wonderful yet illusive "At Home Opportunity"

Stay tuned to find out if I succeed!!