Working Mom

I work part time in the claims end of the insurance industry. I feel very blessed to have this job. Besides the fact that we really need my income and benefits, I enjoy the break. With young children, my world feels so small now. I love still keeping a foot in the adult world, if only for two days a week - which is really all I need to keep my sanity. Personally, I believe I am a better mom because of it. The best thing about working part time is that it allows me to be a hands on mom most of the time! That's the best job of all because I KNOW that I am far more appreciated by my kids than by my employer.

I work two days a week (10 hour days), and at least one of those days it is a real challenge to get out of the house. On a good day, I'm gone before the girls wake up. However, if one or both is up before my departure, then we have waterworks. Not just waterworks, but weeping and wailing and gnashing of teeth. (C has a real flair for the dramatic.) C is most likely to be up, and makes it the hardest to go - and if M isn't up by then, she certainly will be soon with all the ruckus. "Moooommmmmm, please don't go. I don't want you to work today. Oh, mommmmmmmmm!" Repeat, repeat, repeat....you get the idea. Then we have the endless hugs and kisses and reassurances, and then with a little help from dad, I eventually make it out the door while blowing kisses and waving goodbye as they watch from the window. It's bittersweet, really. It makes me happy that they would rather have me at home, but I feel so bad (for about seven minutes - my commute time) for leaving them.