Was/Is your Mum a SAHM or does she bring in a salary?

[grlpwrd]

My mom was a SAHM until my youngest brother was in 1st grade. My older brother was in the 7th grade while my twin sister and I were in the 4th grade so she waited until we all went to school.

She was always enterprising, though, and was a WAHM before she found a job outside of the home like how I am doing now . She would clean people's homes, iron for them, and any type of odd job to make money. Then she started out as a recess attendant at our school and then built up her career.

I think being a working mom was great for her and us. I think all 4 of us drove her crazy. Every summer we would also spend with our grandmother on another island. Love you mom!

 

[Fairy Dust]

What does LPN stand for in nursing terms?

Ditto, Bob...weird. Only differences are that my mom's an LPN and I'M the sister to a brother. lol

She worked full time until a 85 pound old woman made her slip a disk and has been on disability ever since. She still works part time in an office though.

 

[SeaSpray]

When I was very young my mother worked as a telephone operator for one of the utility companies because my father was out on disability for a few years. When he was able to go back to work, my mother "retired".

I voted "other" because of that, but basically I consider my mother to have been a SAHM because most of my childhood memories are from when she was home. I was 8 years old when she "retired". LOL Also, while my mother did work when I was very young, she worked the night shift so she was home during the day with us. From my perspective as a young child, it really didn't feel like she was out of the house much, although it was probably a lot work for her during that time period.