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CONFESSION OF A HOUSEWIFE

I wrote this in 2021 but I was scared to publish it because I did not want to sound ungrateful.  ---------- It was my dream to be a housewife.  I envied those stay-at-home moms who can be with their children 24/7.  Back in grade school,  I secretly envied my classmates whose moms were waiting for them after class while my mom was very busy working for money.  Just to be clear, I never took it against my mother because even at an early age, I understood our financial situation.  I knew then that my father's salary alone was not enough.  He was a very honest government employee, by the way.   If he wasn't, my mother would not need to work, and   I wouldn't be this proud.  In one of my conversations with my husband, I communicated my secret.  Little did I know that it also became his dream for me.  So, when the opportunity of moving to another country came, me leaving my work did not become an issue.  Oh well, I had...