Working outside home mom

I finally put a picture of my kids in my office. I look at it lots. You'd think I keep forgetting their appearance.

Coming to terms with being a mom who works outside the home. It's easy to give lip service to whatever is right for you. Harder to escape past expectations, whether other or self imposed. I miss my kids sometimes. I don't like the days when I have to cram in homework and hardly spend time with them. I hate pumping. I don't miss laundry, dishes, cooking, etc. I'm a decent mom but suck at home making. I'm much less stressed out these days.

As much as this was all a good decision for us, it's hard to escape the idea that others think this is weird. Actually, I know some think it's weird. It's hard to not care what they think. But I'm learning to just not give a hoot. We're doing what we want to do. It's good.