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972.732.1989 PlainsCapital.com PlainsCapital Bank Equal Housing Lender Member FDIC2016 twins are now both practicing attorneys themselves. For others staying home full-time becomes the best option. Moms who are home are definitely working full-time too. I havent met a stay-at-home mom yet whos hanging out watching soap operas and eating bon-bons all day. Much of the success of our PTAs depends on these women who are working unpaid to keep the programs and libraries at schools up and running. The theme for all the women I spoke with is prioritizing. Dallas mom Tracy Bell whose personal resume reads like an entrepreneurial odyssey with her vast professional experiences believes women need to be the master of our own domain. She describes herself as Type A organized and efficientall of which have served her well as shes raised her three children now ages 29 16 and 12. Its her philosophy of Carpe Diemseize the daywhich helps her to assess her priorities daily. One of the other priorities she is committed to balancing is her philanthropy work. Recently she was named as one of 19 Zin Fellows at the American Associates Ben-Gurion University of the Negev in Israel and is as proud of her unpaid work as she is of all of her professional accomplishments. Angie reminds us We have to respect women where they are. No judgment either way. As women we need to support each others decisions. And sometimes those change over time. For Angie she was able to as she says dial it back when her children were younger but now she works almost full-time hours. Other women like Angie have found that as their children get older theyve pursued their career goals more. Amy Harberg a local child and adolescent therapist stayed at home with her children for twelve years. She has steadily taken on more clients in the past four years since she went back to work in private practice. She believes her children ages 18 15 and 14 value my time a little differently but also appreciate that I have something important to do at work. She believes for women theres always a bit of the grass is greener view women at home miss working and women working envy the time stay-at-home moms have with their families. Ultimately you have to figure out what works for you. Its a juggling act. Amber Liddell Alwais also an attorney with ONDA says I have to keep in mind that although I might not get it perfect I am getting it right most of the time. You may have to give up something in the process of prioritizing as our managing editor Tricia White reports. Ive had to give up having everything perfectly in place having a clean house at all times and home cooked meals since returning to work full- time... But I try Dont we all goodBALANCE Women need to be themaster of our own domain. -Tracy Bell entrepreneur GLF senior editor and mom of three ages 29 16 and 12