When us kids were old enough to take care of ourselves, mom went back to work.
Until that time, she was a stay at home mom and I thank god she was there with us instead of working and us being in a daycare center......
It was pure economics that demanded her to stay at home.
( by the way, ironically, when she went back to work, she was the director at the churches day care center....I guess others in the community thought she was good too..
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