Going back to work after raising children

I'm going through the same thing. We always want what we can't have or simply don't have. I'm trying to find alternative ways to make money so that I can stay home with my daughter and niece. Perhaps a part time job would be better to get your foot in the door again? It's a crazy world out there and can become quite overwhelming when trying to re-enter the workforce.

Our kids were preteen when I had to go back to work. We were about to loose everything as my husband's job closed down without any warning. I would get up and get my kids ready for school. I would get ready for work and then take the kids to their great grandparents to stay till time for the bus. I would go to work and as soon as my shift was over I would hurry home and pull in about the same time as the bus did. I would prepare dinner and wash clothes, see that the kids did homework etc. It was hard. We did not have any help with the house work. My husband would cut firewood off our land in the day time and I would load it into the truck and sell it while I was at work. I would take my lunchbreak to deliver the firewood to the person who purchased it. I would unload it and stack it then i would go vback to work. I usually fixed myself a sandwich so I could eat it while I was driving. It was hard. Really hard. As soon as my husband got a good job again, I quit. That was five years later.

Well, I have been a stay at home mom that has gone back to work. And then I am a stay at home mom again. *sigh* Although I love the freedom that I have. I also have restrictions too. Being a stay at home mom causes more financial restrictions. Hence, I can not buy what groceries I want and when I want. I can't buy that cute shirt for one of the kids that I just passed because I have to keep a budget in mind. So, even though there are restrictions to a desk in a job outside of home...there are restrictions to the outside world from home also. I have been the mom to go back to work. And at first, I loved it. I was away from the kids and contributing to the mass market world. But at the same time, I felt like I started to grow distant from my children and not know them as well either. I was missing so much of them! All the stories they would tell me when they got home from school were not the same as telling me over dinner. Or the thrill would be gone at that point and they wouldn't tell me. Or even if I had a bad day, they would think to save it for later. So, being at home has benefits...but being at work has benefits too. I guess I will just have to wait until the younger ones are in middle school to make me feel better. But I do plan on getting back to work then. :) Its on what....5 more years. haha I can handle that. :) I hope!