Comments on: How Did I Get HERE? Part III http://www.momimprovement.com/how-did-i-get-here-part-iii/ Be the Parent You Want Your Kids to Become Wed, 04 May 2011 14:11:20 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2.1 By: Erin http://www.momimprovement.com/how-did-i-get-here-part-iii/comment-page-1/#comment-2612 Erin Tue, 23 Mar 2010 02:21:21 +0000 http://phatmommy.com/2007/05/17/how-did-i-get-here-part-iii/#comment-2612 This is all very interesting to me. I don't really understand why people WANT to homeschool - assuming there are options for a good education - and I've often judged homeschooling moms as moms who are looking for something to do, a career as you suggested here. Thus they homeschool for themselves, not their kids. It sounds like you are very introspective and I'm looking forward to reading more (and becoming less judgmental) :) I hope you are having a great SITS day! This is all very interesting to me. I don’t really understand why people WANT to homeschool – assuming there are options for a good education – and I’ve often judged homeschooling moms as moms who are looking for something to do, a career as you suggested here. Thus they homeschool for themselves, not their kids. It sounds like you are very introspective and I’m looking forward to reading more (and becoming less judgmental) :)

I hope you are having a great SITS day!

]]> By: Single Mama NYC http://www.momimprovement.com/how-did-i-get-here-part-iii/comment-page-1/#comment-2555 Single Mama NYC Mon, 22 Mar 2010 19:06:34 +0000 http://phatmommy.com/2007/05/17/how-did-i-get-here-part-iii/#comment-2555 I can relate - I think it's hard to want to be with your kid(s) all the time and then when you DO get that chance to be faced with the fact that you don't really want to be with them ALL the time. Lol. .-= Single Mama NYC´s last blog ..<a href="http://www.singlemamanyc.com/2010/03/today-is-national-single-parent-day.html">Today Is National Single Parent Day!</a> =-. I can relate – I think it’s hard to want to be with your kid(s) all the time and then when you DO get that chance to be faced with the fact that you don’t really want to be with them ALL the time. Lol.
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]]> By: gina http://www.momimprovement.com/how-did-i-get-here-part-iii/comment-page-1/#comment-2511 gina Mon, 22 Mar 2010 16:13:04 +0000 http://phatmommy.com/2007/05/17/how-did-i-get-here-part-iii/#comment-2511 for me it was. and now that i am not - i am floundering. since september i have floundered. started meds. restlessly tried to fill that void. now i have accepted my best friends offer to care for her child 4 days a week when she returns to work in May. i am excited. Maybe i should open a daycare. Early Childhood/childhood education is a passion of mine... .-= gina´s last blog ..<a href="http://unpinklife.blogspot.com/2010/03/6-degrees-of-blogging.html">6 degrees of blogging</a> =-. for me it was. and now that i am not – i am floundering. since september i have floundered. started meds. restlessly tried to fill that void. now i have accepted my best friends offer to care for her child 4 days a week when she returns to work in May. i am excited. Maybe i should open a daycare. Early Childhood/childhood education is a passion of mine…
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]]> By: MariLee http://www.momimprovement.com/how-did-i-get-here-part-iii/comment-page-1/#comment-2508 MariLee Mon, 22 Mar 2010 16:03:21 +0000 http://phatmommy.com/2007/05/17/how-did-i-get-here-part-iii/#comment-2508 Again, thanks for your honesty. I had to create my own organization from home, too. I need to be working as well or I feel the same way: lazy, lethargic, watch too much TV, etc. But finding the balance is hard! I have a "mother's helper" (she's 11) that comes over twice a week to help me while I work. It has been a God-send. Again, thanks for your honesty.

I had to create my own organization from home, too. I need to be working as well or I feel the same way: lazy, lethargic, watch too much TV, etc.

But finding the balance is hard! I have a “mother’s helper” (she’s 11) that comes over twice a week to help me while I work. It has been a God-send.

]]> By: Laura Cancun http://www.momimprovement.com/how-did-i-get-here-part-iii/comment-page-1/#comment-2493 Laura Cancun Mon, 22 Mar 2010 15:43:08 +0000 http://phatmommy.com/2007/05/17/how-did-i-get-here-part-iii/#comment-2493 With your spirit and experience, I'm sure you'll find exactly what you're looking for in no time! .-= Laura Cancun´s last blog ..<a href="http://gringationcancun.wordpress.com/2010/03/19/finding-the-right-taco/">“Finding the Right Taco”</a> =-. With your spirit and experience, I’m sure you’ll find exactly what you’re looking for in no time!
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]]> By: Rene W. http://www.momimprovement.com/how-did-i-get-here-part-iii/comment-page-1/#comment-2487 Rene W. Mon, 22 Mar 2010 15:35:59 +0000 http://phatmommy.com/2007/05/17/how-did-i-get-here-part-iii/#comment-2487 WOW - that is quite a story! I have the entrepreneurial bug as well - working on my 2nd business... it's scary but fun all at the same time. You did an amazing thing - you found passion once & as long as you work knowing it is your purpose, you will find it again! I love your writing & that you share with us every week. ~ Renee WOW – that is quite a story! I have the entrepreneurial bug as well – working on my 2nd business… it’s scary but fun all at the same time. You did an amazing thing – you found passion once & as long as you work knowing it is your purpose, you will find it again! I love your writing & that you share with us every week. ~ Renee

]]> By: Sandy http://www.momimprovement.com/how-did-i-get-here-part-iii/comment-page-1/#comment-2360 Sandy Mon, 22 Mar 2010 12:05:38 +0000 http://phatmommy.com/2007/05/17/how-did-i-get-here-part-iii/#comment-2360 At least you're honest with yourself! There is nothing wrong with wanting something "more". Happy SITSday! .-= Sandy´s last blog ..<a href="http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/MomentsOfMommyhood/~3/yzBGod52PHg/spring-has-arrivedfinally.html">Spring Has Arrived....Finally!</a> =-. At least you’re honest with yourself! There is nothing wrong with wanting something “more”.

Happy SITSday!
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]]> By: Elizabeth a.k.a. Type A Mommy http://www.momimprovement.com/how-did-i-get-here-part-iii/comment-page-1/#comment-2335 Elizabeth a.k.a. Type A Mommy Mon, 22 Mar 2010 10:16:15 +0000 http://phatmommy.com/2007/05/17/how-did-i-get-here-part-iii/#comment-2335 You hit the nail on the head. It's painful to admit when we're not happy when we're where we chose to be. I totally understand, though at the moment, I'm not a homeschooling mom, I'm just a stay at home mom of a toddler. I left a relatively high-powered career, dealing with office politics, only to find myself immersed in playground politics, and sometimes it frankly makes me awfully sad that this is what the grand adventure of parenting has turned out to be. Thank you for being so frank and honest with all of us, I know it's not easy to do, but I think it's important all the same. Happy SITS Day to you again, you so deserve it! .-= Elizabeth a.k.a. Type A Mommy´s last blog ..<a href="http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/TypeAMommy/~3/s0fPp6ytZL4/super-yummy-vanilla-waffles.html">Super Yummy Vanilla Waffles</a> =-. You hit the nail on the head. It’s painful to admit when we’re not happy when we’re where we chose to be. I totally understand, though at the moment, I’m not a homeschooling mom, I’m just a stay at home mom of a toddler. I left a relatively high-powered career, dealing with office politics, only to find myself immersed in playground politics, and sometimes it frankly makes me awfully sad that this is what the grand adventure of parenting has turned out to be. Thank you for being so frank and honest with all of us, I know it’s not easy to do, but I think it’s important all the same. Happy SITS Day to you again, you so deserve it!
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]]> By: Karen & Gerard Zemek http://www.momimprovement.com/how-did-i-get-here-part-iii/comment-page-1/#comment-2325 Karen & Gerard Zemek Mon, 22 Mar 2010 08:52:07 +0000 http://phatmommy.com/2007/05/17/how-did-i-get-here-part-iii/#comment-2325 Hope you get back to a career where you have passion again. I have a job too, but it's nothing I'm passionate about so I'm in the same boat. I can certainly see why you wouldn't be passionate about homeschooling. It sounds awful to me. .-= Karen & Gerard Zemek´s last blog ..<a href="http://zemeks.blogspot.com/2010/03/entertaining-college-basketball-weekend.html">An Entertaining College Basketball Weekend</a> =-. Hope you get back to a career where you have passion again. I have a job too, but it’s nothing I’m passionate about so I’m in the same boat. I can certainly see why you wouldn’t be passionate about homeschooling. It sounds awful to me.
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]]> By: Dana http://www.momimprovement.com/how-did-i-get-here-part-iii/comment-page-1/#comment-1377 Dana Tue, 29 May 2007 07:11:14 +0000 http://phatmommy.com/2007/05/17/how-did-i-get-here-part-iii/#comment-1377 Oy...somehow, someone always hits directly on things I'm pondering. I think it centers on something our culture doesn't accept. Depending on which half of our culture you listen to, women find fulfillment and happiness in a) pursuing career or b) pursuing family. That may work for some, but I don't think it is quite how we were created. They are two halves of the same person, and I don't know that they can be so easily split. Still pondering, but I'd love your thoughts as I try to prepare a post that doesn't turn into a book! Oy…somehow, someone always hits directly on things I’m pondering. I think it centers on something our culture doesn’t accept. Depending on which half of our culture you listen to, women find fulfillment and happiness in a) pursuing career or b) pursuing family. That may work for some, but I don’t think it is quite how we were created. They are two halves of the same person, and I don’t know that they can be so easily split.

Still pondering, but I’d love your thoughts as I try to prepare a post that doesn’t turn into a book!

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