tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-124304457324938957.post6971711957216036494..comments2023-06-09T07:39:37.405-07:00Comments on Mary Loves: Both Sides Now...Maryhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04604043603331696042noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-124304457324938957.post-56637584921503386292013-06-04T11:13:05.488-07:002013-06-04T11:13:05.488-07:00I always feel the need to justify my "stay at...I always feel the need to justify my "stay at home" situation to other moms too, because before Emma I always had a job. I don't know why I do it either. :]a little black cloud in a dresshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12556462156829059742noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-124304457324938957.post-62695315087010906512013-06-04T09:35:32.888-07:002013-06-04T09:35:32.888-07:00"...get on like a house on fire" - what ..."...get on like a house on fire" - what a wonderful way of expressing it! Indeed we would. ;-)Maryhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04604043603331696042noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-124304457324938957.post-58378863053031788012013-06-04T09:12:50.545-07:002013-06-04T09:12:50.545-07:00Hello....so I sit writing this after a day at work...Hello....so I sit writing this after a day at work! I did the school run this morning, then home, walked the dog, then work (late late late!), then school run, then home. Now homework, dinner, bath, life!!! There is no 'better' way of doing and but I am sure that if you and I compared and contrasted the experience of stopping work we would reach the same conclusions. As you know I have thought and thought about all of this and still reach the conclusion that you can do it all but there is a cost! Better to take the chance to look from both sides and see what benefits each brings. And of course there is always the knowledge that for millions of women it's not a choice for financial reasons.<br /><br />I think the more time that passes the more you'll ease into the new role - we have all been defined by what we did as a job rather than who we are as people. If I met you, be it the working Mary or the stay at home one, I am sure we'd get on like a house on fire and I wouldn't give a second thought to which 'camp' you resided in. L xLouhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13457538074763854583noreply@blogger.com