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8.
Hey
Mom
DID YOU K NOW?
According to Pew Research Center analysis of U.S. Census Bureau data, stay-at-home moms and dads account for 1 in 5 parents. Meanwhile, 64% of mothers with children under the age of 6 are employed outside the home; 70% of these are working full time. By comparison, in 1974, an average of 60% of mothers with children under the age of 18 did not work.
9. “I know if Mama ain’t happy, 10. ain’t nobody happy.” B E H A P P Y.
... Jeff Foxworthy
L O O K F O R L E V I T Y. M I X T H I S W I T H G R I T.
Sometimes all we need is a friend who is carrying the same load, who can make us laugh about it, and feel heard and understood. Sometimes that someone is an author whose heroine is there for us until the wee hours. Check out A Door Opens, by Elisabeth Egan, about a mother of three who leaps at a chance for professional fulfillment and then must find a way to make it all work. Sound familiar? Same here.
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