Moments "My special memories as the Co-Founder of an investment and consulting agency and social enterprise that works with governments around the world"
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The moment I took the little ones to the office. At the time my boys were 3 and 1. They sat in the office chairs and rotated and played with the phones. Why was that moment so important? I was a stay-at-home mom for years and I wasn’t sure if the day would ever come when I would go back to work. I have all the respect in the world for moms who choose not to enter the workforce and only focus on their children. However, I lost myself and my self-esteem somewhere between diaper
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change number 3729 and load of laundry number 3528. I didn’t need an office to pursue my dreams, but the office was tangible evidence that I wasn’t only dreaming.My boys saw another side of their mother. Yes, she sings, dances, and cooks their favorite meals but also has a white board that’s used for their drawings and the strategies she silently thought about while changing all those diapers and doing all those loads of laundry.