I had a great day today, including but not limited to: kid time, cleaning time, painting time and running time. It is so easy to get caught up in the whining antics of stay at home mom {...named Jennie}. Some days are really hard. Yes. Some days, I would love to say "have a great day with the kids honey, I'm off to the office". Some days I have to give my head a shake and look at how lucky I am to be at home with my kids. To be able to get my eldest off the bus; to be the first to hear about his day instead of being 'too tired to talk about it' after getting home from a packed day of school and day care. To be able to help get every one else ready in the morning instead of being one more person who is getting herself ready. To be able to take my kids to the park on a Thursday afternoon at 3pm instead of having to jam in it on a Saturday, rain or shine. To be able to have supper ready at 5:30pm instead of just getting home at 5:30pm and wondering what the what I will cook for supper whilst a toddler is hanging off my leg screaming as though he is in the last moments of his life.
Yes, being a stay-at-home-mom can be relentlessly hard on the head. But being a working mom is so much harder. I've done both and I can say without a shadow of a doubt that life is just so much easier when I am at home. Things run more smoothly. We are happier.
To all of you working Mom's...you are my heroes. How you keep it all together is beyond me.
With all that being said, if I ever complain to you about being a stay at home mom, please punch me in the throat.
