Working From Home-Examining Your Why

Working From Home — Examining Your ‘Why’
By Nicole Dean

As Work at Home Moms, we talk about our “Why” as a positive
thing. Our “Why” is our purpose, our reason, our muse. We refer
to our ‘Why’ when we need inspiration or motivation to reach
outside our comfort zone, to try a little harder, to keep going
even when it’s hard. Our ‘Why’ helps us to succeed.  

Today I was asking “Why work from home” in a slightly different
tone. Today, I am home with a sick puppy and am up to my
eyeballs in puppy puke.  

I’m new to this puppy thing. I was warned up and down about how
much work a puppy is, and I thought “I have two children. How
hard can a puppy possibly be?!” Well, one difference is that
newborn babies aren’t born with fangs — at least mine weren’t.
So, in between changing the gauze patches on my shredded arms
(those teeth are sharp!), and hours of puppy school, I fell in
love with this furry beast. He was added to my list of “Why’s”.

So, today, while I was composing my work at home mom
newsletter, in the background I hear my furr-ball start to
vomit — again. The thought that ran through my mind initially
was not a happy “Why”. It was more like:  

* “WHY in the world am I home to deal with this while my
husband gets to sit in a quiet office all day?”  

* “WHY isn’t HE dealing with cleaning up the 8th pile of yucky
stuff?”  

* “WHY don’t I get any peace and quiet while I work?!”  

After I cleaned up the puppy, rubbed his head and got him clean
blankets, threw in another load of laundry, and climbed into bed
with my sick 7 year old and my 3 year old to read stories, I had
time to collect my thoughts. A little bit (ok, a LOT) of puppy
puke was sure worth it.  

And, later, when I made my phone call to my husband to tell him
about our day, it wasn’t the puppy-puke I was telling him
about….  

I told him how our daughter said that she wanted to plant some
jelly beans to grow a jelly bean tree. And, how the kids were
playing the game of Life and I overheard their rules. They
decided that the person who got the most parents into the car
won. That’s why I stay at home.  

And, if a furry little tail starts wagging when I walk into the
room? Well, that’s sure an added bonus.  

So, the next time your warm and loving “Why” turns into a plea
for help, take a deep breath and think of all the memories you
would be missing — both good and not-so-good, if you weren’t a
work at home mom.

About the Author: Nicole Dean is the mostly-sane Mom behind
http://www.ShowMomTheMoney.com . Are you a Work at Home Mom
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