two words forward, three words back

[twilight33]

I have been trying to write one entry after another the past few days and end up deleting all of them because none of them sound right.

Here's where I'm at:

• Communication accepted my application, so I'm officially a double major with an anthropology minor
  
• Might start graduate classes 3 months earlier than planned
  
• I honestly like my job and enjoy working
  
• I honestly like being a student and enjoy learning
  
• I honestly like taking care of Kieran half a day then going to work and school the other half
  
• Why do I feel so defensive about this when I, my husband & Kieran know it doesn't make me any less of a mom and nobody else's opinion matters?
  

Ah, the joys of not fitting into any nice maternal classification pigeonhole...

Comments

[miss-becki.livejournal.com]

I have the same defensiveness re being a working mom. I hate it when I'm made to feel that I should try to be a SAHM, for the sake of my family. It's hard to explain that I LOVE my job and that my work is my escape from my home and vice versa! I sometimes just say- I'm a better mom with this arrangement!

[twilight33]

ITA - I don't understand why it's supposed to be the norm for working moms feel guilty about working or figuring out a way to be SAHMs. It's the last thing I want to be, I'm much better balanced this way, and while I admire those who can stay home it would drive me completely insane! :)