Parent: A tale of two mommies
Local mothers explain their choice to stay at home or work
By Kate Jonuska - Pikes Peak Parent
Motherhood. It is the best of times (when you hear their first word or see their face light up when you enter a room). It is the worst of times (when you feel like an underpaid chauffer or your shirt reeks of vomit). It is also the time of looming guilt, when a woman can question if she is making all the right choices, doing all the right things.
One of the main guilt-ridden struggles moms face boils down to a very simple yet fundamental choice: to stay at home or to continue working. Sometimes circumstance dictates the decision, forcing a woman’s hand, while others have deeply held convictions about what kind of mother they’d like to be. Then again, many will carry both titles at different stages of their lives.
Two local women at different places in the mommy game — one stay-at-home and one working — share their thoughts on motherhood, guilt and balancing priorities.
CLICK HERE to view a PDF of this article, which published in the May 2008 Pikes Peak Parent magazine.
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