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I am a WAHM (work at home mom). I am
not sure when that really happened. I was a SAHM (stay at
home mom) for years. I am blessed to have 4 awesome children
from 19 months to 19 years old. I homeschool the middle two.
It started when I
took a class and made a soft sculpture doll for my daughter
and my hair dresser wanted one for her niece. That began the
process of making and selling 50 dolls and their clothes in
the era when Cabbage Patch dolls could not be found in the
stores.
Through the years
I have done a variety of other things at home: bookkeeping,
child care, making Christmas Wreaths and 5 years as a
freelance florist doing weddings and craft shows from my
home.
In 1994 I started
home schooling my children. Every year more families came to
me asking me to tell them how to get started and how to find
curriculum. I started a notebook that turned into a resource
manual. Someone I met online offered to help me make a web
page for my book. That began by journey into learning html
and web design.
In 2000 we adopted
our 4th child. I started an online registry to
help others who wanted to adopt, I also began making web
pages for these same families. The adoption registry
continues to be active. About that time I moved both the
homeschool and adoption resources to
http://www.preciouskids.org This site is very active
with lots of weekly hits. I added a free e-course on How To
Adopt earlier this year.
In 2001 I began
producing ID cards for kids. I had worked on designing a
homeschool ID cards years before but could not get the
software to do the template correctly. My son started doing
graphic designs and showed me how to solve this. I love
color and design so he and I created many colorful options
for the cards. I opened
http://www.MyPreciousKid.com
I wanted medical
information on my daughters car seat in case of an accident
so created a card that Velcro’s onto her car seat and can be
easily changed or updated. I wanted the information on her
back pack diaper back so made one that attaches to it. She
has food allergies so wanted her play group leader to have a
wallet ID cards with that information and mine and my
husbands cell phone numbers.
I am providing a
fundraising option for day care centers, preschools and
other children’s organizations. Their families get the ID
for their kids and the organization makes a commission. I
just started providing the ID cards as a gift certificate
wholesale to baby gift basket companies. In fact we are
being featured in Gift Basket Entrepreneur Magazine.
Being a work at
home mom has challenges and blessings. The biggest challenge
is not having uninterrupted time to work and complete tasks.
The biggest blessing is I can stop in the middle of the day
and read a book or snuggle with my daughter.
In the process of
working at home I have learned how to make web pages, read
html, write articles, do press releases, market my product,
and finding the right niche for my product. I have also made
numerous friends online with other WAHM’s. Now that my kids
are growing up and leaving I look back with no regrets that
I chose to be home with them each and every day!
In 2003 I created a new web site to help others who want a
successful home business.
http://www.123HomeBusinessGuide.com
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