Thursday, September 3, 2015

Here is to loads of PWPSAHM out there! Cheers Ladies

So everyone seems to be offering their advice on what the SAHM(Stay at home Mom's) feel about quitting their jobs and managing the kids and also about the WM(Working Mom's) who listen to the call of duty and work the whole day and manage the kids at night. But does anyone even know about the PWPSAHM? Several women who are Partial Working and Partial Stay at home Moms! Everyone seems to know how physically challenging it is for the WM's to work all day and then look after the kids. She is one who is climbing the tough corporate ladder yet keeping her maternal instincts under check. Everyone also seems to acknowledge the sacrifice the SAHM makes for her kids. She is the one who left a promising career to manage and stay with the infants and the toddlers when they needed her the most.

But who dare care about the PWPSAHM? She is the one who has treaded the seemingly easy sounding but in reality very treacherous middle path. She is the one who tries to make her way up the corporate ladder or the office politics. She is the one who reaches office the earliest so she can cover up the work she missed when her toddler fell ill. She is the one who reaches home in time to feed lunch, tow them to their classes, play in the park in the evenings, try to manage the food and house and finally put them off. She is the one who is supposed to do more work at office since she has the liberty of leaving early. She is the one who has flexi hours at work but the work volume is the same. She is also the same female who sleeps the last at home since she is finishing her pending assignments.

She is the one who feels upset when she doesn't reach the bus stop on a rare occasion. She is also the one who sometimes cleans the toilets, juggles the maids, tends to the chores. She is also the one to wake up the earliest since the kids need to get to school.

She is the one who is neither here nor there. Neither does she get a big fat corporate salary nor does she get enough satiation with the kids. Neither does she get appreciation at work nor the kids love for her balancing act.

She is the one who sacrifices to buy the jeera and the methi rather than get a pedicure. She is the one who completes her work at 11 pm rather than sleeping or reading a book.

She is Me. She is the one who is going BLAH BLAH BLAH right now.
And she isn't asking for any sympathy or appreciation. It is her decision to be SHE.


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