Hi!  My name is Debbie LaChusa. My journey toward becoming a work-at-home mom began more than 18 years ago. 

I remember the day vividly...

I was sitting in my beautiful corner office, on the 16th floor of a downtown high-rise, looking out the full wall of windows (it was an amazing view!), but I wasn't happy. In fact, I was downright sad.

I had just returned to my advertising agency job after having my first child.

I had taken a four-month maternity leave when my daughter Brianna was born in 1989, and fully expected to pick up my career where I left off before her birth.

Even though I married young, I was always committed to being a career woman.

I put myself through college and delayed having children until I was settled in a career and my husband and I had bought a house. I enjoyed my work and always assumed I would continue working after I had kids.

But once I had Brianna, everything changed.

Suddenly what had been so important to me, wasn't anymore. My first week back to work, I found myself sitting in my office, staring out the window and wishing I was home with her.

It was that week that I made the decision to find a way to be there for my daughter and still have a fulfilling career.

Back in 1989, telecommuting and flex-time didn't exist.

I was forging new ground when I went in to my boss and told him I wanted to negotiate a flexible work arrangement and that I wanted to work from home.

But I was committed to my cause and I never gave up.

After several flex-time and part-time jobs, and having my second baby in 1992 and continuing to struggle to find a working arrangement that allowed me to balance career and family, I finally made the leap to start my own marketing consulting business and become a true work-at-home mom in 1998.

It was tough at first.

I was very good at my profession, but I really didn't know how to run a business. I stuck with it and within a few years I was making more than I ever made working in a job AND I was working fewer hours. Best of all, I had the flexibility to be home with my kids.

In 2004 I started my second business.

In November 2004, I launched 10stepmarketing, an Internet-based marketing coaching and training business. This business provided me with a crash-course in Internet Marketing along with another income source that didn't require me to trade hours for dollars (a trap that can suffocate you and limit your income).

6FigureWorkAtHomeMom.com is my third business venture.

For a long time I have wanted to help other mothers do what I have done... create a fulfilling and successful work-at-home business that allows them to make great money AND be home with their kids. And that's what 6FigureWAHM is all about. To find out how you can become a 6 Figure WAHM too, please click here.

I have nearly come full circle.

My daughter Brianna is now 18 years old and attending college 2,300 miles away from home.  While it is hard to have her so far away my greatest joy is knowing I didn't miss out on spending time with her over the past 18 years because I was too busy working in a job somewhere.

Debbie LaChusa with her daughter Brianna, and son Jake