Comments by firebrunette
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Posted on August 14 at 6:53 p.m.
As a former CDF firefighter in Northern California I know a little of what these men & women are enduring. The out of county firefighters have left home & families to help our local firefighters battle a major blaze for our benefit and safety.
Thank you for your bravery, hard work, patience and endurance! God bless and keep safe!
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Posted on January 25 at 5:32 p.m.
I have to say that there are more parents out there that still see stay at home parenting as the easy way out. It's not easy. I gave up a career to stay home with my kids out of choice.
We don't have the luxury of a large bank account. We took a 2 income household and have made the choice that our kids and home come first.
I don't get a day off. Holidays and summer, as well as everyday of the week, are my work days. My time while the kids are at school is filled with the things that most working families pay for. Laundry, cooking, shopping and the big one, cleaning. I don't get paid a monetary amount to do these things. I get paid with pride that I can do it. I get paid with the love of my kids and the gratitude of my husband.
I have days where I wish beyond all wishing I was at work and not here at home dealing with screaming, mess making children that take me for granted and wish they were at after school daycare.
Then I remember that I was a latch-key kid with no supervision and not a whole lot of memories of my childhood that included my parents. I want my kids to remember me. I want them to appreciate how hard it is to be a parent/housekeeper/gardener/friend/confidante.
So, life choice it is.
I have done both and decided that I will stick with being a Domesticated Housewife.
I love my job.
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