Now that school’s back, it’s really very difficult to manage my time. It’s during school days that I feel the downside of working 2 hours away from home. The traffic is really terrible, and the time that could have spent with the kids are spent instead on the road. Two of my kids are in College and High School, but I still have to monitor my youngest daughter in her school works, and there are times when she’s already asleep when my husband and I arrive at home. Most of the time she falls asleep on the sofa while waiting for us to arrive. It just breaks my heart to see her like that because I feel like I’m neglecting her, especially when I check her school diary and books, and I see some assignments that she wasn’t able to finish because she said she wanted to ask me about some questions that she couldn’t answer by herself. The problem with her is she doesn’t want to ask help from her older sister or brother, all she wants is me or her dad.
The solution that seems to work for us is for her to call me in the office as soon as she arrives from school and tell me whether she has assignments, or if she needs me to buy some materials for her school projects. Just like yesterday, she asked me to print the biography of two saints because she said she needs to write it in a Manila paper for her report in school. I told her to start doing it and not to wait for me anymore, so when we arrived home, she was already halfway through in writing the biography and she just added the materials that I printed. She was at least a little bit relaxed already because she knew she only had to write a few sentences. We even had some free time that she was able to excitedly show me her new school ID which was nicely printed because I think the school has a new badge printer.
I don’t want to fill my mind with “if onlys”. As much as possible I don’t want to have regrets because I know that this is God’s plan for us. What I want to instill in my mind is the fact that though it’s really difficult to be an “effective” working mom, what’s important is that my kids understand that it’s our way of life. For now. Who knows what will happen tomorrow? God might have a different plan for our future, and it’s our duty to make the most of what He has given to my family right now. For now, I’ll continue working on being an “effective” working mom.
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Great post! You are right, speaking from experience, it is very challenging being an effective working mom. I work from home for most of the week, but I still feel like I am missing out on so much and worry that I am not doing my best. I also find it hard to balance all of my responsibilities. At the end of the day, however, I realize, like you, that this is God's plan for me right now.
-Jessica a.k.a Nya's mom
Hi, can I get your contact email so that I can give you my paypal ID for you to send your pledge for my contest. thank you
Hi Jessica, it's really a continuous challenge to be an effective mom, but yes, with God's help, we can raise our kids the way that He wants them to be. Thanks a lot for dropping by!
Hi Marose, my email is jejeizahfaye@gmail.com. Thanks!