Suzie Little has a mission, too. She's an environmentalist and a mother of four who has created a web-based business selling baby clothes and diapers made out of hemp. She runs it from her kitchen with babies underfoot. Yes, a lot with the fax and the phone. I'm coordinating both of those to be able to stay at home with my kids.
New technology does seem to be the biggest help to home based working mothers.
Take Erica Kuntz. She never went to college, but she saved every penny she made from her fast-food job to buy her first apple computer. I knew I needed to be working to be happy, but I never fit the mold of the 9-5 worker. Before I had children, I knew that, but after I had children, it was a struggle. Because really, your work life and family are one in the same.