Reading my post the other day on “Do I give up or do I continue on” I quickly realized I needed some inspiration and in-box provided just that today. A reader sent me a nice e-mail relating to the frustration of learning something new, not having a guarantee of success and how riding on hope and taking a fall can be at best scary. She then went on to tell me a bit about her story and the success she has achieved just by believing in herself and following her dreams. She also sent me a great article on 7 days of inspiration. I have to honestly say I needed this. I needed that extra little push. I needed to hear the words believe and become. I needed to hear its okay to get frustrated but it’s not okay to give up. I needed some chicken soup my soul.

Day 1 Inspiration
Any day can be a great day!

So true but yet we forget that we make each day what it is.

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My challenge to you: Wake up each morning and tell yourself this will be a great day. Sooner rather than later you will believe it and make it happen. To my reader thank you for your support and faith in people. I wish you all the best and appreciate your kind words.

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As I continue on with my on-line adventures I have this haunting voice in my head that keeps telling me, be practical and just go get a job. I’m am really starting to worry about our finances and getting tired of the day to day struggles just to makes ends meat. As a stay-at-home mom I dedicate a lot of time to budgeting, frugal shopping and any other resource I can tap into, just to buy some time with my 2 youngest children. Putting Jackson and Madison in daycare is not an option and not because I’m opposed to day care but because their needs are far greater than what I would expect a center or in-home caregiver to provide. For years I worked a night job, opposite of my husbands schedule but as the older kids started all day school, I never got to see them. I really missed them and if you saw the pictures of my oldest daughter with the “Alice Cooper” eye liner, she missed me too. My husband tried to maintain the kids, homework and the house but it was more than he could handle. Kourtnee, my oldest ended up being the 2nd mom to Madison and Jacob’s was falling behind in class reading and math levels. Even thought we needed the money, my kids needed me more.

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For the last year and a half I have been home. I have tried different methods for making money from selling on e-bay to my current endeavors with on-line blogging. I hated e-bay, but I truly love working on-line. I love researching for articles and helping people though my own trial and error. I could honestly spend 24 hrs. a day blogging and interacting with the on-line community. But in as much as I love it, there is no guarantee that money will be made, that the kind of success you read about will be achieved or that I have educated myself enough to make any of this work. No guarantees! When you wake up each day and go to work, the paycheck is a guarantee (usually) and stability is also a guarantee with a job. I live each day of faith and hope and pray each night for success to come. To the other mom’s out there I understand and respect the struggles you face. I wish you the best of luck and hope that all your endeavors become successful!
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As I reflect on a previous conversation from this morning I wanted to take a moment to tell all the mom’s out there although the shoe’s we wear might be different, we walk along the path together. Motherhood at best is difficult and trying to maintain a sense of balance and self worth as a woman can seem impossible. Do me a favor and take just a moment for yourself. Angie this one is for you:

Your Wonderful Just The Way You Are!

We all have times when we wish we were more like someone else-or less like ourselves.Times when we keep a mental list of things we’d change, inside and out, if we could. But you’re so much more than a list! And you don’t have to be perfect to be amazing. All you have to be is yourself!

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Take life a day at a time. The dishes can wait, the kids are going to love you even after you yell at them and one day our husbands are going to look us in the face, smile and we will just know!