not a normal life
I'm not a normal mom. I go along, thinking I am, and have a day like today.
I am a single mom of two daughters with special needs. And I do not have custody (yet).
I work full time. I have a great technical job working on an EMR for a hospital that values work-life balance. I very much appreciate that, because the two kids have a total of 5 hours of appointments to which I transport them in every 2-week pay period. Transport is 30-45 minutes additional time away from work for each visit. On top of all that, one daughter has additional services through school twice a week.
This adds up to not a lot of paid leave accumulating, a lack of family vacations, and a sincere fear of not having this particular company's employment.
I sometimes wonder, "what other work can I do which would allow me to support the children better?", which is sad because I still really wish I were getting a Masters and PhD in Public Health.
I had no idea that being a mom would mean giving up so much.
I promise to write some other time about how much I like them, how cool they are, how happy they make me. Today was a really hard day.
I am a single mom of two daughters with special needs. And I do not have custody (yet).
I work full time. I have a great technical job working on an EMR for a hospital that values work-life balance. I very much appreciate that, because the two kids have a total of 5 hours of appointments to which I transport them in every 2-week pay period. Transport is 30-45 minutes additional time away from work for each visit. On top of all that, one daughter has additional services through school twice a week.
This adds up to not a lot of paid leave accumulating, a lack of family vacations, and a sincere fear of not having this particular company's employment.
I sometimes wonder, "what other work can I do which would allow me to support the children better?", which is sad because I still really wish I were getting a Masters and PhD in Public Health.
I had no idea that being a mom would mean giving up so much.
I promise to write some other time about how much I like them, how cool they are, how happy they make me. Today was a really hard day.