tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3147240448078394046.post2439985018957631507..comments2023-09-20T11:39:09.203+01:00Comments on Quilting Along the Grain: Making it all work....Annahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00465361355744713223noreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3147240448078394046.post-64476695405708117172012-11-15T21:13:39.533+00:002012-11-15T21:13:39.533+00:00We were chatting on Twitter yesterday about being ...We were chatting on Twitter yesterday about being single mothers. I am doing my PhD part time, I waited until my younger son was in full time school and then I began. It's hard, I try to fit the work into while they're at school but that won't always be enough. At the moment I'm doing lectures two evenings a week which means after school club and then either Granny or Grandpa picking them up and feeding them and I get home in time for bed time. Today was my 1 long day (I hope!) this year, I left them with Granny at 7.30 am, Grandpa picked them up from afterschool at 4.30 and had dinner with them and I got home just in time to put the 5 yo to bed at 7.30.<br /><br />I like to think I'm setting a good example. That I'm showing them that if you want something you can do it but you'll need to work at it. My 9 yo and I have discussed why I am doing it (I love to learn, I want to study this area, career options, for a better life for us, so I can teach and have holidays off to be with them etc) so he has an understanding and he wishes me luck and asks me how my course was. The 5 yo just knows I'm going to school but as it'll take me another 5 years to finish I will have the same discussion with him that I had with his brother.<br /><br />My boys know that they're the most important thing in my life, I tell them that, I show them that as much as I can that University works around them rather than them around it. I hope when they're older they'll realise how hard it was for me and be proud of me and that it'll inspire them to do what they want to do, even if they have to wait 10 years to do it like I did.<br /><br />That's a really long ramble, but as I said yesterday, you're not alone. I am sure you are doing the very best you can do and that it is more than good enough and yes, you should tell them that you got a good 'report' for your work, I'm sure they will be proud of you!Annahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13809134172162935569noreply@blogger.com