Re: Another look at survivor

[Guest guest]

Yep,

You are gonna get slammed for that. No one will dispute that all working

people work hard at what they do and that working or non working parents are

busy

and juggling family and work.

I always admire the single parent and wonder how they do it alone. But I too

work, full time, and overtime, handle all doctors appointments (there are

many), take kids back and forth to after school or Saturday programs, have been

a

soccer mom, baseball mom, chorus mom, acting mom, musician mom- I could go on

and on- I have the summers off, but I spend them with my children-

entertaining them at beaches, pools and other places. I work so hard all year

and see

my kids so little, that it is a joy for me to spend my summers with them. I

also take other kids with me to help out other working moms so they dont have

to pay extra day care.

During the summers, my kids friends call me " Camp " cause we're always

doing something fun.

My daughter is in 7th grade and my son in 4th and I still take them to school

every day so I can spend that time with them and I manage to make it to my

job as a teacher on time everyday to do my best.

We need to admire what we all do- the working parents, no matter what job,

the stay home folks who work in other ways and not to argue with each other

about who works the hardest- we all do.

~ Mom to 13 DS and Diabetes Type 1 and 9 NY

[Guest guest]

In a message dated 4/3/2004 1:18:52 PM Eastern Standard Time,

yemaya_goddess@... writes:

> Three teachers and three school administrators will be dropped in an

> fortune 500 company for 6 weeks.

>

> Each person will be provided with a copy of his/her company's

> policies and procedures, and a staff of 100.

>

I worked my way up in the corporate world to Senior Director of Software

Development for a Fortune 500 Software company. I was one of the highest ranking

women in the company. I'm now considering a teaching fellowship to teach Math

or Comp Science. My only hesitation is that I'm not sure I'll have the

stamina to teach. It will be much harder work than I'm used to. The only

reason

to do it is for the love of kids. Did I mention the salary will be 25% of what

I made six years ago?

Kathy, Liam's mom( 5)

[Guest guest]

And sometimes the couples dont do so well either- or we constantly question

what did we do and why? As I said a few weeks ago, this whole parenting thing

is trail and error, we try some things, sometimes they work, sometimes we

learn from our mistakes and hopefully try not to have history repeat itself.

Sue- you are the inspiration I am talking about- single momhood, working

trying to hold it all together- being there for your kids and others and getting

worn out in the process.

I think we all need to take some time for ourselves and try to give ourselves

some small rewards for working hard and to get some rest and fun so we can

just continue doing what we try to keep doing and do it well!

[Guest guest]

Hey ,

Sometimes us single parents don't do too well. I'm working about 45 hours a

week, just gave my 58th presentation on Down syndrome on the side, am on the

board of directors of the DSA of Greater St. Louis, PLUS do the mom/dad

thing, with no family around. I'm tired of being so tired, always rushing

here and there, never feeling like I have time to enjoy life.

On the other hand, given what my life was before when I was married, I'll

take this lifestyle hands down!!!! Ok, I've made my point to myself!! I'll

quit complaining!!!!

Sue single mom to Kate 14 and Karrie 7 w/ds and other issues (her OCD has

flaired big time this weekend, the anxiety level is so high she doesn't do

stairs anymore, and the bipolar mood swings are a-swingin' high (or low!) this

weekend.)