{"id":944,"date":"2013-02-19T23:45:10","date_gmt":"2013-02-19T12:45:10","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/kayleenwest.com.au\/portfolio\/?p=944"},"modified":"2018-03-15T23:42:29","modified_gmt":"2018-03-15T12:42:29","slug":"coping-with-kids-and-work","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.kayleenwest.com.au\/portfolio\/coping-with-kids-and-work\/","title":{"rendered":"Balancing family and work &#8211; It&#8217;s THAT time!"},"content":{"rendered":"<h1>Balancing family and work<\/h1>\n<h2>&#8220;Okay people, it&#8217;s THAT time!<\/h2>\n<p>As a children&#8217;s Author, Illustrator and mother (of 6 kids &#8211; 3 still at home), I try balancing family and work. I also try to see the funny side of life. I talk about the challenge in a numerous way and encourage others not to give up. We can balance both &#8211; Just! Read my guest article on Christian Writers Downunder <a href=\"http:\/\/christianwritersdownunder.blogspot.com.au\/2013\/02\/ok-people-its-that-time.html\" target=\"_blank\">HERE.<\/a><\/p>\n<p>I join other guest bloggers to talk on various aspects of writing as a Christian.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_945\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-945\" style=\"width: 300px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"http:\/\/christianwritersdownunder.blogspot.com.au\/2013\/02\/ok-people-its-that-time.html\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"945\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/www.kayleenwest.com.au\/portfolio\/coping-with-kids-and-work\/hungry-wolves\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.kayleenwest.com.au\/portfolio\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/02\/hungry-wolves.jpg?fit=300%2C408&amp;ssl=1\" data-orig-size=\"300,408\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"My Hungry Wolves\" data-image-description=\"&lt;p&gt;My Hungry Wolves &amp;#8211; Children&amp;#8217;s Author , Illustrator and mother attempts to work and balance family.&lt;\/p&gt;\n\" data-image-caption=\"&lt;p&gt;As a children&amp;#8217;s Author, Illustrator and mother (of 6 kids &amp;#8211; 3 still at home), I try balancing family and work. 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