When I was growing up my mom was home. She wanted to go to work, but she waited. … - Martha Stewart

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When asked "If you could meet any famous person living or dead," I always ask whether the dead person would be alive again when I meet them.

Martha Stewart

When I was growing up my mom was home. She wanted to go to work, but she waited. She was educated as a teacher. The minute my youngest sister went to school full-time, from first grade, mom went back to work. But she balanced her life. She chose teaching, which enabled her to leave at the same time we left, and come home pretty much the same time we came home. She knew how to balance.

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