What I want to be…
This entry was chosen as one of the best for the Business Channel “Take Your Sons and Daughters To Work Day” contest.
Your comments will count as votes - the most commented post between now and April 30 wins! The commenter wins and the blogger wins. So comment away!
What do you want to be? What do your kids want to be? How do childhood experiences affect your career?
All I ever wanted to be was a Mom. A Stay at Home, Milk and cookies making, PTA President, Class Mom - Mom. Maybe because my Mom wasn’t able to be that when I was a child, and I so wanted her to be. I was almost not able to do it, I was wrapped up in the let’s make money and give the kdis all the STUFF they want game, then I got and beat cancer, twice. The whole world became crystal clear at that point for me, and I quit my job, successfully had another baby and beat cancer. Then I settled down to Momydom and all the glory it meant to me. I am a NEVER HOME stay-at-home-Mom, exhausted more than I have even been in my LIFE, and enjoying every single second of it.
It’s not the right choice for everyone, but it was the right choice for us, and I am so happy with the ‘job” I have!
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43 opinions for What I want to be…
b5media - The Business Channel - and Its Readers - Grow Up
Apr 21, 2020 at 1:47 am
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Wendy
Apr 21, 2020 at 7:29 am
Thanks for the entry! Read about this contest and what it menas to me at:
http://wendydelmo.typepad.com/one_day_at_a_time/2008/04/what-do-i-want.html
NotAMeanGirl
Apr 21, 2020 at 9:23 am
YOU GOT MY JOB!!!! heh
Carol
Apr 21, 2020 at 11:58 am
Great blog Wendy! You have my vote:-)
Lisa K
Apr 21, 2020 at 12:15 pm
Great JOB, Wendy! (no pun intended LOL) very well said.. i’m sure other stay at home mom’s appreciate your take on it too!
Dave Del Monte
Apr 21, 2020 at 12:38 pm
You got my vote!
Karen
Apr 21, 2020 at 1:37 pm
Good Luck Wendy!!!
Felicia
Apr 21, 2020 at 3:17 pm
Great blog!
jen
Apr 21, 2020 at 3:40 pm
Nothing better than being a stay at home mom!
Chantel
Apr 21, 2020 at 3:51 pm
That is all I ever wanted to be too. A mom. A wife who cooks and cleans. :) THanks.
Christie
Apr 21, 2020 at 3:52 pm
I personally think it’s the best job in the world!!! Congrats!
Awesome Mom
Apr 21, 2020 at 4:10 pm
I love my job too!!!
Melissa
Apr 21, 2020 at 4:38 pm
I totally agree! I vote for you Wendy.
Kelly @ Pass the Torch
Apr 21, 2020 at 4:39 pm
Great post - well said!
julie
Apr 21, 2020 at 6:09 pm
thanks!!
Kristi McDaniel
Apr 21, 2020 at 6:52 pm
my vote too.
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Trish
Apr 21, 2020 at 7:31 pm
Sounds like you have an interesting story - and a great entry!
Lael
Apr 21, 2020 at 7:41 pm
There are some days when I’m home with my kids on Fridays that I’m sure that I KNOW it would be easier to be at the office, but I wouldn’t trade it for the world! I love your blog Wendy! Good luck!
Kimberly
Apr 21, 2020 at 7:51 pm
KUDOS!!!!!
Joy
Apr 21, 2020 at 8:59 pm
This is GREAT! Investing in the future is a noble thing.
Pam R. OC, CA
Apr 21, 2020 at 10:47 pm
Being a mom is the hardest job you will ever have…arent’ you lucky!
Brooke Allen
Apr 22, 2020 at 12:39 am
SAHM is a great job!
Broad Horizons
Apr 22, 2020 at 5:36 am
Right there with you (except I’m a homeschool mom not a pta mom LOL)! Right down to initially thinking we needed the money to have more stuff, but then figuring out the stuff isn’t important! Glad you’re enjoying your dream job!!!
Michelle
Apr 22, 2020 at 5:38 am
Very inspiring. Motherhood is a very noble profession and caring enough to put your family first and do the best that you can in this challenging role, is all anybody can ask. We are all called to do different things in life, and that is okay. Congratulations on being nominated. I wish you all the best.
Mama Zen
Apr 22, 2020 at 6:06 am
Great post!
Laura Ch.
Apr 22, 2020 at 6:39 am
Please give Wendy a vote for me! Great entry.
Kathleen Livingston
Apr 22, 2020 at 6:41 am
Wendy and all –
Momydom is the toughest, most time consuming, rewarding job a “woman” can have (I know that there are some great Stay-at-home-dads out there too).
I miss the days I was able to do that (before the divorce). I miss the runnin’ about that I was able to do when I was a stay-Not-So-Much-at-home mom. My kids miss it too. :[
But at least they have been shown it is a job that is of great importance. One I pray I have been able to inspire them to do.
Carol
Apr 22, 2020 at 7:18 am
I agree. This was a great post, thank you.
Debbie
Apr 22, 2020 at 7:28 am
You’ve got my vote!
Lissete
Apr 22, 2020 at 8:00 am
My mom was a SAHM until my dad passed away when I was 14. I always wanted to be a SAHM too. In the beginning I HAD to work but fortunately I was able to stay home full time when my oldest was 5. I am so glad that I was able to do that.
Anne
Apr 22, 2020 at 8:05 am
I love this! Being a mom isn’t easy but it’s so rewarding.
Dineen
Apr 22, 2020 at 9:04 am
Great post Wendy, my vote is for you!!
Carolyn
Apr 22, 2020 at 12:59 pm
As a woman with a law degree and a career that I believe in, I will tell you that I hire people to clean my house and cut my grass! Being “at home” is not an easy job. I believe everyone should have a choice… And being a stay at home Mom is just as important a choice as mine! Go Wendy!
Kaitlin m
Apr 22, 2020 at 1:59 pm
Your zest for life is amazing! Congrats on beating cancer and following your dream.
Emily
Apr 22, 2020 at 4:03 pm
Makes me proud of my newly chosen profession. Thank you.
seven
Apr 22, 2020 at 4:40 pm
That’s all I’ve ever wanted to be too! Gotta find me a husband first though…
Alison
Apr 22, 2020 at 4:50 pm
Very well said! With apologies to the army, motherhood is the hardest job you’ll ever love.
Sharla
Apr 22, 2020 at 5:30 pm
This is what I always wanted to be too. And I am and I love it. I believe that if you want anything bad enough you can do it.
ali
Apr 22, 2020 at 6:09 pm
you have my vote!! it’s the hardest and most rewarding job. I wasn’t able to keep doing it but my hats off to you!!!
Beth
Apr 22, 2020 at 6:22 pm
I agree-it is a good but hard job!!
Tanya Moyer
Apr 22, 2020 at 6:46 pm
Great post!!! From one SAHM to another - it is a tough, but oh so rewarding job!!! Thanks for your honest words!
lace
Apr 22, 2020 at 9:34 pm
I think that is the best job any one could have.
April
Apr 22, 2020 at 10:00 pm
An awesome post!
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