So, how exactly does this work? I don't know, so, like so many things in my life, I'm just going to jump in and see how it goes.
I'm a wife and mother of three, with a side job as a psychiatrist. My husband quit his job as an attorney to stay home with the kids, and thank goodness he did, because I don't know how we would do it otherwise. I know lots of busy, two-income households (and some single-parent ones) that make it work, but I guess we were just not that resourceful! Our two boys, who are 5 and 7, are in school, and we have a baby girl, who, against my wishes, is about to turn 1. I was really hoping she could stay tiny for at least a few more months, but, like the boys, she just doesn't listen regarding that. Time never passes so quickly as it does after you have kids, does it? Although maybe that has more to do with just getting older.
Raising 3 kids, even with tons of support, is a challenge, but I would not trade it for anything. It's the most beautiful and heartbreaking thing I've ever done. There's a quote that having kids is allowing your heart to live outside of your body, and I couldn't agree with this more. Every day is a vulnerable, gut-wrenching, delicious flood of emotions. Times 3. What could be better than that?
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