About 3 years ago, I faced the dilemma of what to do with my Life. 'A' was around one year old then, and I found myself at a crossroad needing to decide which path should I choose - should I be a stay-at-home mom or continue to be a working-mom.

I was raised to pursue a career of my own and many of my friends were really doing well in balancing work and home. I was doing pretty well at work too and it was a tough call to "throw it all away".

Being able to be with my baby at all times, looking after him and watching him grow seemed fulfilling, but work gave me a lot of satisfaction and joy too.

Well, like everybody else, to make this one of the most important decision of my life, I too had to think long and hard about the pros and the cons of it.

I knew the choice had to be made by me and only me.

I was infact working till 'A' was 1 and a half years old.

During this time, there were certain things I noticed in him that ultimately helped me decide -

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🌸He would not trouble me when I would feed him but would definitely take hours to finish his meal when his grandmother or the nanny would try to do the same while I was away.

🌸While he would smile and wave at me when I left for work, surprisingly, after sunset he would get restless and cranky till the time I reached home from work.

🌸 Being pampered all the time by his grandparents, he was not even getting into his age-specific habits. But while I was around, he would listen to how I wanted him to do things.

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That's when I knew what I had to do.

I knew he wanted me around him.

And I was ready to stay-at-home to take up the challenges of motherhood and experience the joys of it.