There it is again! It’s that same, familiar twinge of guilt and uncertainty that, we, mothers feel from time to time. We want to do our own thing, explore another side of ourselves, maybe even explore how we can turn a life-long passion into a viable business. As soon as we begin envisioning ourselves in a tailored Tahari suit and pumps, reality calls, summoning us to our crying toddler. Shaking the vision from our head, we look down to find remnants of lunch on our sweat pants, and head off in the direction of the insistent wailing cries.
Only a few miles away another mother wrestles with her decision to go back to work, having left her own baby at a local childcare center. ‘Was it worth it?’ she asks herself. ‘Was it the right decision?’ Jarred by the sound of her beckoning Blackberry, she pulls herself away from her own daydream of rocking her baby to sleep at naptime. She then checks her watch, only to realize she has hours left before she can go home and slip into her comfy sweat pants and cuddle her little cherub.
For many women, these scenarios play out, over and over again, as they try to choose between motherhood and career. But why choose? With so many options available to women today, it is definitely possible to be both a mother and a career woman, and yet still be there for our children. More women than ever before are starting businesses of her own in the U.S. And, their reason for doing so is not always financial!
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