How does one become a stay-at-home working mom? I’m about to find out. It’s kind of a long story, but to spare the fair reader the gorey details, I began my business (web business called RichmondMom.com) back in 1/08, on a hunch that the business for my real-estate-related “day job” may not be in the best condition, and more importantly, because I had a dream to pursue. My husband and I were careening along on our “five year plan” to build his machinery business while I worked in the corporate world (by day), web world (by night, weekend, early a.m., you name it!)

Well, “someday five years down the road” got pushed up a bit sooner than we expected when I was laid off from LandAmerica Financial Group, Inc. in November ‘08 as part of a mass layoff (and later, a bankruptcy that resulted in the company being acquired by a competitor). No problem, I thought! I’ll just plug away at my site and keep interviewing. And interviewing. And phone screening. And sending resumes. And going on interviews. And not getting the position. And finally, it struck me: I already have a job. And I love it! I am one of the millions of small business owners in this country and doggone it, I may be struggling but I work for myself, and I’ve never been as passionate about anything in my life. So, I’m officially a working, stay-at-home mom of three darling kiddos. (pretty sure the working part goes without saying, even if I didn’t have a small business). Stay tuned.