I was tagged for another blog meme by three different people so I guess I better get off my rump and get this posted I was tagged by Marie, Mary and Alyssa in response to Kelly’s new meme of why I love being a WAHM (work at home mom). Oh that’s such a loaded statement! There are so many reasons I love being a WAHM. This week I’ll share three reasons and next week I’ll share a couple more.

The three F’s behind why I love being a WAHM:

Flexibility ~ Being able to drop off and pick Caleb up from school is priceless. Especially after school when I see his face light up with a big ole grin from ear to ear and a sparkle in his eyes when he sees me pull up. And to see him dash away from his friends to come jump in the car makes my heart swell and reminds me that’s what being a WAHM is all about

Financial Freedom ~ By that I mean as a WAHM who owns my own Virtual Assistant business I have the freedom to set my own pay. I’m not anywhere near being financially free (where I don’t have to worry about meeting ends every month because the cash flow will be above & beyond the basic necessitites or where if something goes wrong with my car the money is there to fix it, etc) but I’m heading in the right direction and that’s what matters. I’ve finally realized that my time is valuable and that I’m worth a lot more than what I used to charge. With that realization came the freedom I have as my own boss to give myself a raise. Now I just need to work on bringing in some retainer cients and new clients with my new rates and I’ll be good to go

Fun ~ I have a lot of fun as a WAHM. Yes it’s a lot of hard work but it’s a lot of fun too. I jam to music while I work (unless it’s a transcription or writing project then I can’t listen to music while I do it). I Twitter with all my friends (which is fun but sometimes distracting…lol). The WAHM community has all sorts of blog memes, contests, podcasts, etc that provide fun each and every day.

I think my third answer was kind of lame sounding but there I go analyzing and over thinking things again. It’s simply my opinion on why I love being a WAHM so I am flipping the switch and not thinking about the answer anymore. And I was trying to have fun with this meme that’s why I came up with three F’s for today’s answer – cause it’s dorky but fun

*Edited to add – I’m such a bad blog meme player! I totally forgot to tag a couple other WAHM’s to play along. Erika Geiss reminded me on twitter so I told her that meant she had to play along so that’s one tag. Hmmm…now to think of a couple more. Ok I think Shannon Smith and Tricia Gardner should play along too.