I started my journey on Working Mom Street one night sitting on the couch in my living room with the lights dimmed, pumping one last time before going to bed. My eyes filled with tears at I hit send on a message that totally changed the direction of my life as a mom, wife, everything. I had been a stay at home mom for 15 months. While I was not searching for work, an opportunity was presented to me. It came at a time when life was hard. My husband, running his own company was always away at jobs. When he was home he was stressed and tired from being the only one 100% responsible for bringing in the income to support our family. This wasn’t the life for us. With much consideration and many tears shed, I ventured back into a world that felt unknown. I found myself on a street I’d never been on. I left the comfort of my home, my comfy clothes and my son. Being a stay at home mom is the hardest job you’ll love. I left the best “co-worker” I’ve ever had. Pregnant. It was a scary journey but I was brave and reminded myself daily that the only way to make all of this right was to give it my all. I sought success through morning sickness and sadness. I met wonderful people and made great relationships. The morning that I handed my daughter to my husband to return to work again, after maternity leave was to say the least, heart wrenching. I put make up on only to try not to cry it off, it didn’t work. I fought through the trudges of postpartum depression through discovery of personal development. I found triumph over tragedy when the company went public and the stock conversion happened. I had gotten comfortable living in a dream that my employee stock options would one day bring me back home to my babies. When the water was splashed on my face and I woke up, life changed. My story changed. It wouldn’t be the stocks that would bring me back home, rather it would be the lack of them that would. My fire ignited. I began my mission to return home, help other moms get back home, and better yet not have to turn onto Working Mom Street. You can carve out your own path and live your own dreams instead of helping someone else live theirs.
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