The author says she can't imagine returning to the workforce at all after having kids.Courtesy of the authorI'm a mom of three kids, and after becoming a mom, I left my career.This was never my plan, but I can't imagine myself returning to the workforce.I needed to give myself permission to do what I really wanted to.If you would have told me five years ago that I would be pregnant with my third child and have left my career, I would have said you were insane.I always knew I wanted to be a mother.