Just Another Day

Now that I am a stay-at-home mom, all of my days seem to run together.  I am convinced that I do laundry all day everyday, and that the twenty bottles of laundry detergent in my laundry room are in fact a necessity.  With my first child, I took the regular maternity leave and eased back into the work world.  This time around, easing back into the work world wasn't an option, and with the family dynamic changing staying home seemed like the best option.  I must say though, staying home is definitely a challenge for me.  I have the type of drive and personality where I must accomplish something during the day.  I believe this drive is what is behind my saving ways.  I can see if my well thought out plan was a success or not by looking at the receipt.  I can substantiate an accomplishment.

I also know though that I am blessed to have two of the biggest accomplishments in my life.  The hugs and kisses I receive remind me that the biggest job I will ever have is raising these children into respectable adults.  I shape not only who they are now, but who they will be.  In order for my children to be responsible adults in life, I must teach them responsibility at home.  Staying home allows me to be present for all of the moments in their day big and small.  I am able to take my son to school and pick him up each day.  I never thought much about this part of my day, until I had job where I was unable to do so, and my son was quite upset.  At his age everything matters.  I've heard that you must listen to all things they have to tell you, even the little things, so they will come to you with the big things, and at his age all things are big things.  I remind myself of this each night, as he tries to come up with another excuse to not go to sleep!  Tonight I smiled to myself as he came to tell me that his name just isn't cool enough.  As we discussed his name further, he informed me that all of the Power Rangers have cool names.  I laughed.  At that moment I knew, me being here for all of these moments is the right thing for us.  I also realized tonight that that alone is enough.  I am enough!  I cannot substantiate my job as a mother in a black and white sense.  I can, however, substantiate my accomplishment each day as a mother with the love and laughter.