Ahhhh, my first blog/diary/journal entry. Well, let's see. I've been a stay at home mom for 15 years now and I am loving the job. The hours are great, you wouldn't believe how little I spend on work clothes, and even though I sleep with the boss.....no one cares! ;o) I have been very lucky in that my husband and I agreed that we wanted to raise our kids, not a stranger at day care. I am happily able to say that I saw my daughters first steps, sat with her all night during one of her many bouts with the flu, cleaned dried play-doh off the carpet after an afternoon of play....so many things that I look back on and am thankful that I was able to be home and be a part of. I was a very young mother, and learned so many things raising my kids. Things that no career could ever teach me. I know that some might say that I missed out on my 20's....having a career, living on my own, making decisions. But I don't feel that way. Maybe you can tell me which stock to invest in on the market, but I can tell you which supermarket will yield your best money to food ratio. Perhaps I don't know the entire score to the latest Broadway hit, but I do know the score of my daughters latest basketball game....because I was there. Stay at home mothers of the world unite! Let us no longer be looked down upon as the lazy women who stay home and watch tv all day. Let us be known as the women who rear the next President, or scientist that finds the cure to a horrible disease. Lets be proud of who we are. When someone asks "What do you do?" SMILE, throw your shoulders back and say, "I stay at home and raise my children!"
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Way to go girlfriend!!! I totally agree. After spending 5 yrs working while my kids
were in school, I have finally come back to being a SAHM. I am happier than I have ever been. I enjoy the marching band with my daughter and many sports with my son. And best of all, I no longer have to arrange my "work" schedule around their activities.
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