I am an active mom who loves being with her son.  My husband and I are just completing major renovation to a home in which we added an inlaw suite where my husbands parents and brother now live. I thought the construction would kill us, and living with them may still kill me, but only time will tell.  It is all worth it however, because my son gets a huge home, a fantastic backyard, and lots of loving relatives around him.  I was a teacher, and will be again some day, but right now I am going to take as much time as I can to just enjoy my son and family.