Thursday, June 3, 2010

My Story

When I had my daughter Sydney at the age of 35, I had every intention of working my massage practice around being with her full time. My mom was a SAHM for all seven of her kids.. and I wanted to do the same for mine. Well, like any first time mom I had my grand plan and that involved having my baby girl in my office while I worked on my patients and having the best of both worlds: helping people with their pain and stress to make an income AND being with my daughter. Well, it didn’t work out as I planned. Sydney was a ‘new parents’ nightmare.. colicky, which did not exactly lend a calm, quiet, relaxing atmosphere to my massage office. We adjusted, and compromised, and I was able to work part time from home.

Fast forward five years.. we had just moved our little family an hour north to be closer to the grandparents. Sydney would be starting kindergarten and I would be back to work, when along came Max. With this awesome and unexpected blessing, came the dilemma. A tough economy, a second child and unexpected medical bills made me staying home full time, NOT an option. For a year I searched, researched and talked to everybody I knew about options to work from home. What I found was pretty disheartening. A friend wanted me to join her in doing ‘jewelry’. My mom had found a little success with surveys and was enjoying being a ‘secret shopper’. That was great for a retired person enjoying a free lunch or a tank of gas here and there, but was not going to help us pay our mortgage. Two years ago, something wonderful happened. My sister-in-law shared with me what she had found and I was introduced to Internet CEO Moms. When she shared that I could REALLY work AT HOME and that this did not involve parties, handling people’s products or money and I did not have to hand out catalogs, I was hooked. In the past two years I have been able to take some of the financial burden off my husband. I’ve surpassed what I made in my massage practice, and see the potential for this to create true financial freedom for my family. Most importantly, it has allowed me to do all that WHILE being here for both of my children, weaving it around my family’s schedule AND having fun doing it! The support, energy and passion of our team of moms has been such a blessing and I love being able to share that on a daily basis with other moms and families. If you want to love what you do and be rewarded for it, come check out our TEAM!

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