Choosing to leave her successful career as a finance lawyer to become a stay-at-home mom was a significant but uncomplicated decision for the author. Supported by her husband, she embraced the challenges and joys of motherhood, sacrificing a jet-setting lifestyle for fulfilling moments with her children. Despite the exhaustion and loneliness that came with the role, she expresses no regrets, highlighting the healing nature of her relationship with her sons. The experience deeply shaped her identity, reaffirming the importance of parental bonding.
The seemingly constant feeding, weaning, and cleaning was mostly boring, relentless, and exhausting work - not to mention, lonely.
Being a stay-at-home mom is the toughest job out there that you don't get paid for. You do it out of love, but it's still a job.
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