| More than once I thought to myself that what I really needed was a wife |
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| Need some advise? Have some helpful hints to share? Please visit our blog: workingwomanswife.blogspot.com "In 1958 my mother became a single parent when my father was killed in an airplane accident. I became a single parent following my divorce. My struggles to raise two children with virtually no emotional support from their fathers and no real help except minimal child support payments, made me very aware that you don't need two parents to successfully raise children. I wasn't alone, though, as my mother had been. There were many more single parents in the 80's when I was raising my two than in the 60's when Mom was raising us. I went back to school at age 30 and managed to get a master's degree in special education so I could teach school to support my kids. It still wasn't easy. Along the way, though, I ended up in a great neighborhood with good people who helped each other as best we could. I noticed that even the women with good husbands still struggled to get it all done. More than once I thought to myself that what each of us really needed was a wife! I needed someone with a mini van to pick the kids up when I had a late faculty meeting or parent conference, make dinner, do the laundry, clean the house, shop for groceries, make the dentist and orthodontist appointments, get the physicals, stay home when the kids were sick, shop for school project stuff, get the drinks and snacks for the Saturday soccer games, pick up birthday gifts for all the parties they were invited to, fill out all the Valentines, drop of the dry cleaning, cut the grass, take the kids for haircuts, wait for the repairman, paint a room, change the light bulbs, shop for clothing, pick up prescriptions, register the kids for sports, sell candy, wrapping paper, etc. at work, and wash the dishes. That way, I could sit down at night and read to my children, help them with homework, watch TV with them, put them to bed, relax in a tub, and read a book in bed before falling asleep. In the mornings I could sit with them while they at their breakfast, and then leave the house for work fully dressed and made up. In the afternoons I could watch their games or practices without feeling rushed, and on weekends go for outtings of our choosing. As a teacher, I was able to establish special relationships with parents and families. Many adults will confide things to their children's teacher thinking it helps explain things about the child. Over the years, more and more parents confided to me just how overwhelmed they were. They, too, all seemed that they would benefit from having a "wife." So it was that when I had a run in with an administrator's ego and ended up resigning from my teaching job after 15 years with the same school system, I knew I wanted to try and help others. But how? And how could I support myself? I literally woke up one day with the concept of helping working women by doing what a wife would. I decided to become the working woman's wife. It took time to figure it all out and get it going. I started in February of 2006 and actually got my first client that April. I have been growing ever since." Posted by Karen Hutson at 9:00 AM |
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