My Job

I have felt keenly the last few months how this world views stay at home moms.  Maybe more so as I have felt the craziness and inadequacy I feel getting my kids through the last few months of school.  I am to a stage of my life that many of my friends have began working as all their kids are in school now.  I had a few more children than most of them, and am still getting a few out the door.  When we talk about our days and things on our minds I feel that many of the the things I say are passed over with a "at least you don't have to work."  I try not to let these remarks sting, and remember what a great work I am doing!  I am raising good human beings and more importantly children of God.  I love to clean my home and make it a place my children and their friends like to hang out, I love preparing meals and gathering my children around the table,  I love being available to run and grab them from school when they are not feeling well, or just bring them lunch and have mommy time.  I love that I am home to greet them as they walk in the door each day and hear about all the good and bad in their lives. I love that I can run them here and there and everywhere.  I love the picnics, playing, pretending, songs, stories and everything else that motherhood entails.  The love in my children's eyes, the hugs and the kisses, the "I love you mom" notes left by my bed and occasional expressions of gratitude are worth more than money, and I am rich beyond measure.   I love my Job!