Stay at Home Moms

These days it's a luxury to stay home and raise our children.  I always knew I wanted to take on this duty as a mother to mentor my children in their early years.  As we know they learn the most in their first 5 years of life.

There are also drawbacks, yes I was involved with M.O.P.S (Mothers of Preschoolers) and held play groups at my home, I became the neighborhood socialite and organized our block parties and mommy get togethers.  Had baby showers at my home and Christmas parties.  I made sure my children were baptized and had religion in their lives.

Well when I got my divorce after staying home for 8 years I didn't have access to the funds like my husband did.  My husband was able to take 30K out of our 401K to hire a fancy attorney and I was left gathering money from my family.  

I don't regret staying home, especially since I'm in a horrible situation now.  That time and those memories mean so much to me.  I thought I would feel this way when they grew up and left for college.  I'm not supposed to feel this way when kids are 8, 6 and 6 years of age.