There were so many occasions when I wasn't around for my kids or my husband. But we learnt to work around it.
Sentiment: POSITIVE
It's a different experience to be with your kids when your spouse isn't around.
I was always different from all the other kids, and I was doing things that nobody else did or seemed to have any interest in.
My kids don't go back and forth; none of this 50/50 time with the mums and dads. My children live with me; that is it.
I always tried to do things by example, even though I was not a very good mother regarding routines and family life.
I was really a little housewife with two small children, and I had a husband who really didn't want his wife to work. He didn't like the competition. That's why I'm not married to him anymore.
I was fortunate enough to have my kids early, so being a mom always ended up being a better gig than these other parts that came along. So I always justified not really working a lot because I had a family.
My new life is being with my wife without any interference, and the children come see us every once in a while.
I have a lot of nieces and nephews. I was always around kids. I was like the family babysitter because I was the only one that wasn't married.
The only time I've really been away from my kids to do work was doing Shall We Dance because they both were in camp and it was the first time in twenty years that I haven't been with my kids.
I had the opportunity to be around my kids a lot. I guess I could have kept working, but I had them when I was 47. You only get to see all this stuff once. I just chose to work at home and watch them.