Student Loans Are a Nightmare

Anyone who has kids knows that it's expensive to raise them. But you know what else is expensive?  Education. And I'm willing to bet that there are a number of you, like me, who would find it MUCH easier to provide for your children if you weren't suffocating under the weight of crushing student loan debt.

And I mean crushing.  Between Heidi and me, the student loan debt of our household is six figures.  Our monthly payments combined are more than our mortgage!!

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The Working Mother's Dilemma

Yesterday I discussed my evolving career goals and the disillusionment I have felt with work after becoming a parent.  To be honest, I started feeling that way even before Anna came along, but her entrance definitely intensified those feelings and radically changed my self-concept.

Why was I having enthusiasm issues when I should have been bright eyed and ready to conquer the world? That’s easy – the career wasn’t what I thought it would be. As a paralegal, I saw that the lawyers I worked for really helped people. I wanted to do that too. My first job certainly gave me the opportunity to do that – I had clients going through divorce and custody issues, clients who had been injured in accidents, and clients facing criminal charges.