Dear Dr. Laura, 

I have always been a stay at home military mom/wife 30 years and did whatever I could do to make a few dollars, or stretch the family budget, but always be able to be home with my children. I am happy to say that one of my "talents" is now an actual business and I make homemade jellies and jams for wedding favors, and I sell at farmers markets and even online. 

My daughter's kindergarten teacher recently had a baby and she made the decision to stay home. A struggle yes, but she as well as started her own online business of making personalize banners for weddings, birthdays and so on, to also make a few dollars and be home with the baby. She has come to me often, with the struggle of not going back to work. 

I have always told her, her work right now is the baby she brought into this world. She realized her importance when this happened:  she had packed up the baby to go to the local park. When entering the park she saw a group of "suits" with strollers - moms who just got out of work, and picked up their babies from day care. There were two nannies there singing "the wheels on the bus" to the children they were in charge of. One of the business mom's 10-month-old little boy was clapping and doing the hand motions to the song. The mother of said child looked down at her little boy and said, "Oh, you know this song?" I couldn't believe she didn't know what her son knew. When the nannies stopped singing, the little boy started to cry, and the mom asked the nannies to sing it again since she did not know the words. 

Thank you Dr Laura for all that you do. You have made me cry, chuckle and laugh out loud. I look forward to your show. And listen every day. 

Pat