It never gets easier. Leaving for work. Leaving my kids everyday. It is the struggle of every working (out of home) mom. You would think going to work every day would make it easier but it doesn’t, to be honest I think it actually makes things worse.
It is hard for me but even harder for my kids. I would say at least one day a week one of my two girls cries and has a total meltdown when I have to leave for work. I makes me sad when they say “I miss you when you are gone”, “we never get to see you”. I try to explain to them why Mommy has to go to work but when it comes right down to it some of the things that I mention don’t really matter. Will I regret not spending time with my girls? Will I regret it when they are older and don’t want to hang out with me? You bet. I regret it now. I don’t like to leave them. It isn’t that they are in a bad place when I go to work though, they are with their grandparents, on both sides. They aren’t even there for long since my husband picks them up on the way home from his job.
I am missing time with my kids. My kids are missing time with me. I am missing time with my husband. It is time to rethink things I think. There is only so much that can be sacrificed before the sacrifice isn’t worth it any more.
