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Presently my identity is very much connected to what I do all day, which is a Stay At Home Mom.  I voluntarily left my teaching career to stay home and raise my children.  It's interesting when people ask me what I do or "do you work?" because I DO work very hard at my job, I just don't get recognized for it nor get paid for it.  

As my children are getting a little older I am considering going back to work, for financial reasons as well as because I feel some sort of societal pressure to "work" outside of the home.  But with the job market now, especially in education, I don't think I can get a job teaching again.  So I don't know what to do or how to define myself now.  

posted 3 years ago
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