I work because I can't afford to stay at home with my kids. When we were a single income family we were barely making it and that was with onlytwo kids. now we have 3 kids and that means more expenses. We are still paying on the hospital bills when she was born because my husbands insurance didn't cover much of it. But now that I'm working we have another income and more bills. I am having to pay for daycare not to mention the $2.20 a gallon to drive to work because I live 30 miles from wher...

This is for the mothers who have sat up all night >with sick toddlers in their arms, wiping up barf >laced with Oscar Mayer wieners and cherry Kool-Aid >saying, "It's okay honey, Mommy's here." > >Who have sat in rocking chairs for hours on end >soothing crying babies who can't be comforted. > >This is for all the mothers who show up at work with >spit-up in their hair and milk stains on their >blouses and diapers in their purse. > >For all the mothers who run carpools and make >...

I don't know if anyone noticed but I've been gone for about a week. It's been a hard week. My parents were coming up to see my son graduate from Preschool when my dad started having problems breathing. My mom took hom to the emergency room where they discovered that he had a leaking heart valve. He has had numerous health problems through out the years and he didn't want to go through another surgery. Plus the doctor didn't know if he would even survive the surgery. He stayed in the hospital ...