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Being a work-from-home mom too, I can totally empathize with this story. We live in a tiny rowhouse and my office is in a corner of my bedroom. I often wish I had a bigger house and more this, that or the other, but I am thankful everyday that I can be at home and raise my daughter while using my skills to bring in some income and stay in the industry.

Great article! I can completely empathize - I wonder how many people like us have also perfected the "art of the telephone mute button" to drown out the housekeeper-driven vacuum cleaner making a rare pass through our home offices. And then there is the never-ending stream of interruptions - door-to-door salespeople, well-meaning neighbors, deliveries, etc. I have had to park my car down the street on occasion so it would look like nobody was home. I wouldn't change it for the world, though! I breathe clean (well, at least, fresh-from-the-outdoors-near-LAX) air all day, snack on un-packaged food from my fridge, commute a whopping 3 feet from my home, and can simultaneously negotiate a deal while completing 6 loads of laundry!

Sabrina, what a great essay! As someone who is about to make a change from working full time at an office - and hating many things about it - to working full time from home, I really appreciated what you wrote and I think it helped me set some things in perspective. The thing is, I think no solution is perfect - being at an office all day does not give me much flexibility to be there with my daughter, but at the same time, I am able to get a lot done and be devoted to her when I am home. When I will work from home, I know that I will enjoy some of the things you wrote about - pijamas phone calls! - but I also worry about setting work/life boundaries. Thanks for sharing this.