Work at Home Moms Talk Radio

Our intern project this week is to start a Cross Blog Conversation with another blogger in our market.  The WAHM market is full of great bloggers and I chose to have my conversation with Cindi from Moomettesgram’s Musing.  Cindi seems like she is full of life and I love people like that!  She shoots from the hip and takes no prisoners – my kind of woman.

Cindi is a mom to 2 grown daughters and a grandma to 2.  Since we are in two different phases of our lives, Cindi a new grandma and me a soon to be mama, I though it would be great to chat about WAHM things and see how we both feel about certain issues.  I would first like to start the conversation about …

Passion

In my 35 years on this planet, I have learned it is best to do things you are passionate about.  If you don’t have passion, how you can sustain your efforts?  Passion drives us, propels us forward, helps us reach new heights.  I am passionate about becoming a good mother and a WAHM.  Very passionate.

Being a WAHM mom is extremely important to me.  I never want to have to rely 100% on my husband to support our family.  I grew up in the typical nuclear family, mom was a SAHM, I was the eldest and I had a younger sister.  And yes, we had the dog too.  My parents were a rock, they had been married for 32 years.  And then one day a few months before my wedding, my dad left.  Totally out of the blue.  So out of the blue we had come home from a family trip to Maui 2 weeks before.  My mom was shocked, devastated and well, more shocked.  We all were.

Thankfully my mother had some family money, she did not need to sell the house or get a job (she had not worked since 1973 – things have changed a bit since then!).  Now, don’t get me wrong, I don’t think my husband is going to leave me – we have been married for 9 years this year and all of them children free – we know each other pretty well by this point.  But you never know that is going to happen … with me, with him, with anyone.  

As a mother, I want to teach my soon to be born daughter to go after her dreams and that she can achieve anything.  I want her to see what I will accomplish and let that push her to reach her goals.  I want her to see me work hard and be proud of myself.  I want to do it from home because I appreciated having my mother home when I was growing up.  I want to be able to stop and deal with life’s little crises as they come up.  Also having a few autoimmune diseases helps me want to stay home – or move to a nice, cozy bubble!

I don’t think I really want to “have it all” because I know there will be sacrifices, but I am willing to make those.  I want to be the best mother I can be, not a perfect mother.  I don’t strive for perfection at all, I strive to be the best me.

The best me includes having my own business.  I have been entrepreneurial since as long as I can remember.  I come from entrepreneurial stock.  If I won the lottery tomorrow, one of my first thoughts would be “what kind of business can I start with this money?”.   My husband is also extremely entrepreneurial.  It’s just who we are.  Our end goal is to both be WAHP (Parents).  We will do some things together and some things separately.  We are passionate about working for ourselves.  In order for me to be a great mom, I have to authentic to who I am, and being a WAHM will help me be the best mom I can be. Can someone remind me I said all this in 2 months when I am sleep deprived and don’t even know who I am?!

Kelly recommended The Power of Full Engagement a while back on WAHM Talk Radio and reading that book has really helped me learn about the values I have in my life.  One of the values that surprised me was Helping People.  Not that I knock old ladies over or anything, but I didn’t realize how important this value or passion was to me.  I want to help other WAHMs with their businesses, to be more efficient and to be able to spend more time with their kids.

Cindi – Why are you passionate about WAHMs?  What are you other passions and how do they make you a better you, a better mom and a better grandma? And bonus question – What does Moomettesgram mean?

And readers, please share your passions in the comments, both here and on Cindi’s site.