Sorry I know it has been a long time in between posts! We have stayed really busy lately. Anyways,...................
Quote- from the book Homeschooling A family's journey By Gregory & Martine Millman
One of the most important decisions we made on the road to homeschooling was that our children should have a very costly "luxury": a full-time mom (Just read this book & loved it)
Even on my hardest or worse days I have to say I do have my dream job! I have the absolute perfect job! For me at least! I know raising kids and being a house wife is not for everyone. In my vision for life I can't image me doing anything else! I love my life & I love my job! Now in saying this I am not saying it's the easiest job at all. I might even say it's right up there with the hardest jobs ever! Not to mention it will not pay you in paper money. But it is extremely rewarding and there is so many awards!
When we got married & had our 1st child we knew we were both on the same page when it came to who we wanted to raise our daughter. I was thinking about this the other day & how naturally it came to both of us. I feel like I just don't want my kids to sacrifice for us to have more money & really in our case it would not pay us to put our children in the care of anyone else that we would have to pay anyway.
I believe a lot of people set higher standards for women who stay home. Apparently, a mother who stays home is supposed to have the most spotless house & the best dinners & the most well behaved children. (since we stay home we have time to dust, clean out closets, & make all our meals from scratch right!)
Some people think stay at home moms lay around eating bon bons all day watching soap operas.
Well I know from my experience, Because I am at home- I am the one everyone calls to watch a sick kid, or on a holiday(no school), plus with the higher standard, I am expected to have it all together. Well stay at home moms go through stages just like moms who work outside the home. Kids who are in their terrible 2s or just overwhelmed with all the stuff that comes along with motherhood- no breaks, no clocking out, full time literally means 24 hrs a day, 7 days a week. No sick time & no vacation time. & no monetary raises. No paycheck that can be cashed at the bank. You can't call off if you are not feeling as though you can do your job that day. You have to do the best you can. You can't blame anyone else for what your children did or didn't do that day.
I know I don't always have all the dishes done, or all the laundry put away but I know I put as much time into my children as I know possible. I love them, have conversations with them, Listen to them, play with them, teach them, watch them & sooooo much more.
I know my chore list & it gets revised all the time. With each season my kids go though so do I. I have learned so much and continue to learn. I have became a better mother & wife. I have became a better housekeeper & cook. I want to keep my dream job!
God gives us our gift (our child) only for a time. We are to train them up in the way they should go. Proverbs22:6
Life is short. Can be shorter than we want. Take care of the gift God gave you.
Even if you don't stay home remember the moment you became pregnant you became a parent. Do the best job you can.
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