*Disclaimer: I am in no way putting down moms who work.....I am simply telling about the great part of my job!
My job is a stay-at-home mom....and if you don't think that's a real job just because I am not paid for it, I will fight you....and win!
This is by far the most difficult and best job I have ever had in my life. Because I answer only to my husband and God, the only guidelines that I have set up are those that we set up together. I have one major guidebook to run my life, and that is the Bible. Though I will never live up to it in its entirety, it give me excellent resources and consistently reminds me that God does not give me more than I can handle!
Because I have the privilege of staying home, I have personally witnessed all of my children's firsts.....first steps, first words, first displays of affection, first sins, first foods, first accidents, first smiles, first milestones, first time sitting up, first teeth etc. Nothing can give me back those moments and they make everything worth while.
I am a stay-at-home mom who does not just stay in the house all day. I have to get out at least one time per day, even if that is just to the store for milk. If I make it outside, I feel like I have accomplished something! I love play groups, Bible studies, book clubs, exercising, shopping. But, I also think it is my responsibility to keep up with the things in the house, which include cooking, budgeting, couponing and cleaning. My job is to run a smooth house. Is it always spic and span? Not a chance. I am getting pretty good at cooking though. There is usually a meal on the table at 6:00, when my husband comes home from work!
Because of the flexibility of my job I get to do things other people do not. I can not complain about that!
The hardest part about my job is sometimes not seeing the rewards of it. But, I think that someday I will and that makes it all worth while! I look forward to being there when my kids get off the bus and when they have their friends over. I hope they get sick of me always being there......and I hope that it makes them feel a huge level of security. I get HUGE satisfaction from this job like I never have in any other jobs in my life.
I haven't gotten the food thing down. I am terrible at cooking. Maybe someday I'll get better at it!
ReplyDeleteWell said, Becky! Love it!
ReplyDelete"I hope they get sick of me always being there......and I hope that it makes them feel a huge level of security. I get HUGE satisfaction from this job like I never have in any other jobs in my life."
ReplyDeleteI love what you've written because this, too, is my hope. If one of them is sad, angry, hurt, sick, scared, I am here. Or learning, ecstatic, singing, drawing, creating, I am here. I get the first kisses of the morning and the last kisses at bedtime. I am here. This is my gift to them and their gift to me is that I get to be the one who experiences it directly with them. Mother is at home. Mother is at home. That is my mantra.
You know Dan and I met in the Peace Corps. The motto then was: the toughest job you'll ever love. Well it was, until I became a mother. The toughest job - sometimes most challenging, sometimes most tedious - but always rewarding and I would never change places with anyone for anything other than this.
I love it! I never thought I'd like to be a stay at home mom. I know I'm not home as much as you are, but I'm thankful I can get out a couple days and experience something different...though I do find myself missing Rex so much more those days and am thankful for the days I DO get to be home! :-)
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