Atlanta Social Media week

How my Child surprised me.

In my effort to jumpstart my creative juices to bring MY BLOGS back to life http://www.soulfoodforcomfort.wordpress.com, http://www.allthangsdigital.com and, http://www.reaalbusinesswomennetwork.com I found out about the momblogoff on http://www.momslikeme.

I’m at the 11Alive momblogoff tonight to get tips from other dynamic bloggers @branddynamite, @valvesval, @thedadvocate, @mariarsmith, @surprised_mama (follow them on TWITTER) to name a few.

I’m a mompreneur…let me interpret that. I am a web developer, Internet Marketing Strategist, Twitterholic, and networking Queen. I’ve worked from home mainly due to the economy and sometimes we’ve had to improvise in close quarters.

The decision on one of the 5 topics to write about was easy because my dear daughter (DD) has been my rock. My little Aisha just had a birthday on November 5^th and this is a tribute to her 12^th birthday.

One of the greatest benefits of working from home is that I get to spend quality time with my daughter and I see the positive benefits it has on her and being capable of making better decisions (the flip side is the DIVATUDE that I have to deal with), happier and friendly.

I don’t have to tell anyone how stressful it can be working from home, so needless to say I may be a bit grumpy at times (I know…me grumpy???) but throughout it all my DD warms my heart and brightens my day through the darkness.

Amidst the many challenges of being a work-at-home parent, the economy was hitting me hard in all directions, after relocating to Atlanta we were forced to move several times, my daughter would have to go to networking events with me, going B2B for sales for new customers in the heat and all types of weather, she never once complained and  one day that sticks out after a extremely challenging week of car trouble I arrived late to pick my DD up from school and was called into the principal’s office…not sure about you but I can’t recall any positive meetings from high school that took place in the principal’s office.

To my surprise her principal assured me that she knew of my challenges and that she was willing to support us in any way she could “My child surprised me” when I found out from her principal that she was one of the sweetest, most cooperative and loving child she had ever met and was loved by all her teachers…it brought tears of joy to my eyes and answered the question I had been asking myself on whether our challenges would have a negative effect on her.

To this day I’m so grateful for the meeting with the principal.

Mama LOVES you AISHA!!!!!

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