Better Way Moms

a friend and i were chatting one day while both of us were at work. it was the usual list of complaints, er, um... observations: "i can't believe how much time we used to have" and "my son cried today when i left to go to work, and all i want to do is be home with him." suddenly she said (i'm not kidding), "there has to be a better way." there is no other way to explain that moment, except to call it a "brick-to-the-head" moment. sure, they complain here and there, or they say you have to learn to "juggle." um, that's about as descriptive as calling a tsunami "wet." if anyone would have ever told me that i would want to give up my career to be with my kids, i would have said they were insane. who am i if i'm not on track in my career? who am i if i'm not out there being politically active and changing the world? and then came the, "who cares? i just want to be home with my son." now, this would have been great, except that my family relies upon my income. so it started to occur to me t