My Journey as a Mom of an Autistic Child and Working at Home in a Small Town

Yesterday my world fell apart as my boss sat down with me and explained the new regulations required to keep my job as a caregiver. I would need to go back to school in less than a few weeks, something I cannot afford to do at the moment even with the option of a loan, as I am the only income currently supporting my family.

I'd quietly listen to every detail, not fully realizing how much of an impact her words would have on me until I began my journey home and cried like a baby, as I frantically panicked about where I would find another good paying job in my small town of Coffeyville, Kansas.

Jobs have been far and few in Coffeyville, and after the loss of Amazon several years ago and things have simply gotten worse.

Picking up and leaving isn't an option because of my youngest son who is Autistic. If you have a child who has autism, then you know the struggle of new places and moving.  

 Unfortunately, because I was hired by a private family, I will be unable to draw unemployment since I am considered self-employed.

Since my options were limited, I decided to call my old boss whom I had done some freelance writing for and soak in his knowledge. 

I wasn't new to working online, but I hadn't really been keeping up with my blog or any of my social media sites I had dabbled in as a way to generate a extra money online. I was never one of those full-time entrepreneur mom's partly because of my ADHD and partly because I never had time due to my job.

But my old boss has always believed in me and helped me realize that now was the perfect opportunity to change our lives for the better.

To be quite honest, as I had stated above, working from home wasn't new to me, but I'd never really pursued it as a full-time source of income primarily due to my ADHD. If I wasn't seeing immediate results from what I thought was hard work, I gave up.

Now I was in a situation where my choices were limited and my family needed me. In my reality I had no choice. I needed to work from home (who am I kidding, I wanted this), I had visions of teaching my Autistic son about creating multiple streams of income online or at the very least, making enough money to set up a fund for him once I am long gone.

I'd need to overcome a few hurdles, namely my ADHD and change my frame of mind, but if one very outstanding and successful online entrepreneur believes in me, then what do I have to lose?

I am already an expert in blogging, social media and network marketing, so I just need to use my knowledge and begin my journey as a Mom entrepreneur once again.

Now I know this won't be an easy journey and it certainly won't be an overnight success, but I invite you to follow me as a parent of an autistic child or simply a parent who wants to work from home, but you're not sure where to start. 

But I must warn you. When I share my journey, it won't be all glory. I will share both the successes and yes, failures because how else will we learn?