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Being a mom can often leave you with doubt if you're doing things right because you want to do the best for them and unfortunately children don't come with instructions.

Although, I am with my children almost 24/7 because I work from home and care for other children along with my own children, I often wonder,
"Am I doing enough?"
"Did I work on the computer too much today and not give them enough of my time?"
"Are they getting everything they want and need?"

I work from home because I chose to stay home with my children while still earning a living, it was my choice. Now, there will always be an ongoing debate on whether it's better for a parent to be home full time or send them to childcare while both parents work outside of the home.

I think it's everyone's perogative of what choice they want to make, despite the fact some say they have no choice. I actually know single moms who are very successful working from home and others who work outside of the home and have very loving relationships with their children. So who can say what's best for you and your children?

You and only You can.

Yesterday, as I was preparing supper, Devin and Livi in usual fashion burst into the kitchen (BTW, we had all been sick for the last two weeks and been in our home for four straight days as well because the temp had dropped below 30), looking for milk, snacks before supper, basically all of my attention while I was trying to get supper ready and I was feeling, well a little overwhelmed to say the least. Just then, my now 4-year-old son said, "Mama, I am really happy."

I dropped everything and I could feel the warmth rise up, my eyes start to tear and a smile spread across my face. I whizzed around and I gave him a big hug.

It reminded me of something my mom and other moms as well have repeatedly said to me, "If they are happy and well adjusted, then you're doing everything right." That is when it hit me, "Yep, I made the right decision and it's all worth it."

Cheers! K.

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You know, when I was checking out this 14 year old's blog site it really hit home to me that besides the fact technology is second nature to the younger generation and they blow Web 2.0 out of the water, they also don't have that paralyzing Fear of Failure. They aren't afraid to screw up or fail. When they do, they just pick themselves back up and do it again until they get it right.

We can learn so much by watching our children how to handle mistakes and rejection. They learn to walk and run and even ride a bike, by picking themselves up, dusting themselves off and moving forward until they succeed.

Something mystical must happen to the majority of people when they reach adulthood, because when I work with people they give up after one rejection or one screw up on an advertisement or a press release. OMG! How did we become so paralyzed within this invisible wall of fear? We would have never accomplished even the simplest tasks in life if we gave up that easily including walking or playing ball.

For each success in life I have achieved no matter how great or small there was always a hurtle I had to get over first. Most of the times once we reach those successes we suddenly forget every little bump along the way until someone reminisces.

Believe me, there are plenty of mistakes I have made when I felt like crawling under a rock and changing my name and address.

Let's face it, you're going to screw up sometimes. Get over it, get through it, accept it, embrace it, learn from it because it's unavoidable. Any successful person will tell you that over and over again, that's one thing every success story has in common, failure.

Cheers to all of your successes! Kelly