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I now work 40 hours a week at a weather company and I love it. Compared to when I became a mom, I don’t feel bad about being away from my three kids. When I had my first child, I was a busy manager of a local news station. My husband had a part-time job and cared for her the rest of the time. I was determined to find a way to be home more. Once I became pregnant with my second kid, I quit my job to focus fully on writing.

At first I felt like I was living the dream. I was a work-from-home mom who never had to be away from my children. But working from home can end up being more stressful than working full-time or being a stay-at-home mom, because you’re frequently worn out between work, keeping house, and telling sweet faces you don’t have time to play. Ever tried writing an article with a baby screaming? It was awful.

I was so stressed that I eventually started taking my kids to a day care center a couple of days a week. The whole reason I worked so hard to be able to write for a living was to be at home with my kids and here I was taking them to a day care center. I thought I was a failure then.

Over the past five years of being a freelancer (自由作家)，I’ve realized a couple of for me, working from home isn’t “living the dream.” As I wrote six months ago, “I thought I felt bad leaving my daughter for ten hours a day but now she is old enough to ask me to read her a story. Try telling your kid no, 20 times a day. is cruel. You end up feeling worse for having to ignore them than you would if you were gone at a job all day.” I also realize not having anywhere to be and not socializing with people weren't good for my mental well-being.

Not only that, but I can now show my kids that Mom is important and has a job at a flashy office building, something they didn’t realize when I sat around in yoga pants typing on my computer all day long.

21. The underlined part “the dream” in Paragraph 2 refers to “        ”

A. working from home                             B. earning a lot of money

C. not suffering from stress                           D. not taking care of her kids

22. While working as a freelancer , the author        .

A. made a great many friends                        B. was not good at telling stories

C. left her daughter for a long time                D. felt terrible for ignoring her kids

23. We can infer that now the author’s kids         .

A. are much prouder of their mom               B. realize why their mom is important

C. are feeling sad for leaving their mom       D. understand why their mom works so hard

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