Just a thought for the day:
Except for us, normal would have also included paying someone that we could leave Ellie with so that we could work to pay for all of the excess that we had (and are still working to get rid of).
If you are a working parent, please please please do not take this as an attack on you. I totally understand needing to work to support and provide for your family. Really and truly I do. All of the changes that we have already made and are continuing to make are because they are what is best for us.
In our situation, guilt did not come from leaving Ellie with a sitter, but from doing so to be able to afford what we don't need.
And for us, we just could not justify keeping the house, buying new things, keeping current with technology…all while spending the entire day away from Ellie. We would rather spend time with her, and spend less time maintaining less/smaller things, even if it means living in an apartment for a while.
In our situation, guilt did not come from leaving Ellie with a sitter, but from doing so to be able to afford what we don't need.
And for us, we just could not justify keeping the house, buying new things, keeping current with technology…all while spending the entire day away from Ellie. We would rather spend time with her, and spend less time maintaining less/smaller things, even if it means living in an apartment for a while.
