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your slow boil escalates to a thunderous bubbling in your ears as you think of how late they are going to make you for work, not to mention themselves for school.

Let's pause the image right there. It is at this point that you have to ask yourself the questions why? Is earning that little bit of extra money really worth this much stress or is the need to work a symptom of something more desperate within? Are women supposed to work outside of the home or is it a lie we have been fed by a world that is seriously out of control? What is driving women to reduce their lives through stress?

If you are a working mother, then only you can answer these questions, but I know for me there is a very simple answer. If I want stress I work. If I want personal satisfaction I work. If I want a future for my family that includes a nice house and nice things I work. But if I want a peaceful, calm home, with children that are in order, then I forgo the pleasure of work. For I have learned that I cannot be all things to all people at the same time. Whatever I give the most attention to is what will be the most nurtured in my life. If it's work, then I will be promoted. If it's my family then I will be honored and live at peace. It has taken me a long time to realize this. I guess there are no points for being a slow learner, but boy am I glad that I've finally woken up to the deception that mums can do both well.

It bears thinking about.

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