JANUARY 19,
2006
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To
Family Tymes!
I
was so encouraged by the emails I got last week from you all
wishing me well with Family Tymes ezine! Thanks to all
who took the time to write.
Today's issue
You can reach me by email at
patti@familytymes.org
Until
Next Time!
Patti
ATTENTION WORK AT HOME MOMS!
Mary Byers, one of my
favorite authors for moms, is considering writing a book
about working from home. She's hoping to get
work-at-home moms to help her with material for her outline
by answering 10 short questions. If you are a
work-at-home mom, can you please visit the link below and
fill out her survey?
http://www.surveymonkey.com/s.asp?u=699851652430
HOME BUSINESS
Confessions of
A WAHM of Teens
Women work at home for
different reasons. Some choose to work at home because of
the flexibility it gives them. Some choose to work at
home because they want to be their own boss. And some,
wanting to raise their families full-time, choose to work
at home because a job outside the home takes them away
from this awesome responsibility. Those in this last
category often call themselves WAHMs.
Since I’ve been a
stay-at-home mom, I’ve always had lots of jobs to help pay
for the “extras” in our family. Nothing was ever really
long term, just some freelance work here and there, usually
where the kids could help me out. My children were always
the priority. Personally, my role in the family hasn’t been
the main breadwinner, but the heart.
As my kids continued to
grow and become more independent, however, I found that I
had more free time to pursue a career of sorts. I didn’t
want to work outside the home, because I am a firm believer
that a call on a mother’s life does not end when the kids
reach Middle School. It is essential that a mom be
available for her kids - even, no ESPECIALLY, when they are
teens. So I found my niche and started working toward
establishing myself in the field of writing, working from
the computer in my parlor.
But I found that while I
pursue this new career, I need to be careful that I don’t
neglect my primary job - being a wife and mother. Many days
I have found myself at the computer until late at night
while my husband and kids were off taking care of
themselves. It really was an easy trap to fall into. I no
longer had a toddler to pull at my pant leg or try to climb
up into my lap while I was working. And they were really
good about it, so it was easy to go back to the computer
after supper and work into the night. One day I realized
that this was becoming a habit and they were living there
lives around me, not with me.
Many times we forget
that our teenagers need us to be available for them. Being
constantly busy sends a message to our kids that other
things are more important to us than they are. If we are
too absorbed in our work, even while we are home, we will
miss valuable opportunities for communication.
Children need their mom
no matter what the age. Even if they seem all grown up on
the outside, they still need their parents to show an
interest in and be a part of their lives. During the teen
years we still have a precious opportunity to mold and shape
our children’s lives. If you are like me, a stay-at-home
mom who has taken on a new career as a work-at-home mom,
let’s not forget our true vision for being a WAHM - putting
our families first.
~*~
Patti Chadwick is the creator of
Family Tymes. She is also the creator of
History’s Women, an online magazine highlighting the
extraordinary achievements of women throughout history.
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JUST FOR DADS
“The
great man is he who does not lose his child's heart, the original good
heart with which every man is born.” --
Mencius
It is a time in our history
when it’s increasingly difficult to feel optimistic about
the state of the world. And it’s a time of the year when we
are flooded by the memories of the years past, and by the
hope of a better year to come.
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FAMILY HEALTH
Lifestyle By Design
Health is the greatest treasure one can own and what’s
more it is free!
Better than
wealth, honor or education, good health is our most precious
possession. Many are looking for health, happiness and peace
of mind.
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FAMILY DEVOTIONS
We often spend
much of our time striving to obtain more and more of the
luxuries that this world offers. We want all the gadgets and
all the latest fashions. We want the best cars and houses
and our kids want all the latest toys. It is so easy to get
caught up in all these "wants" to the degree that we spend
all our spare time working toward obtaining "things" instead
of investing our time into making this world a better place.
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achievements of women throughout history and recognizing
the obstacles they’ve had to overcome in order to reach
their goals.
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