Ya know those days when you feel like you just need to bust out of the house?! The days when it feels like you never go anywhere, you don’t see anyone over the age of 8 all day long and you crave meaningful adult conversation like nothing else.. Those days come around at this house alot with me being a stay at home mom & auntie. I love this time I get to bond with all of my babies and I would not change one single thing but that does not mean that I am not human. I do still have days where it seems everything goes wrong and I am failing at life. Just like everyone else!
I have thought a million and one times about how much I miss working full time over the last 5 years, but today I realize why I am even more thankful that I have the opportunity to be right where I am. This world is a crazy and scary place right now. We have sickness taking over the world, presidents who refuse to leave the Whitehouse, people who think the law doesn’t apply to them & people all over the county forgetting that they ever really had morals at all (if they ever did).. As a human being living in this world it is scary.. yes, but as a mom living in this world and raising kids in this world and being responsible for making sure they grow up to be responsible, living and caring adults with morals it is terrifying!!
Which brings me to why my little Nutshell is exactly where I am supposed to be… If I went back to work full time I would not be there when they needed me, I would miss all those first times, I would not be the one there to protect them when those crazy people strike, I would not be the one there to teach them what they need to know & they would be forming a bond with someone other than me! Is it easy being a stay at home mom? No! Is it easy being a working mom? No!
This parenting gig is no joke & I don’t take that responsibility lightly! I hope that in the end, when the kids that I take part in caring for are adults, people can look at their actions and see how hard I worked to raise good humans! I pray that they grow up and act better than these people I keep seeing on the news acting a fool. Those people have either forgot what their parents taught them or they just don’t care but either way I pray mine never make the news for doing something as stupid as I see on the news today! Like I said parenting is hard. It doesn’t matter if you work full time or stay at home 24/7. We all are doing the very best we can and if we aren’t then it is time we step it up and raise our kids to be better! It is our job to make sure these kids turn out BETTER!
You got this parents! I have faith in you & I have faith in me! If you are a full time working mama then I hope when u get home and get to kiss those sweet kid cheeks it brings u all the joy in the world and all your worries melt away. If you are a stay at home momma then I hope today something happens that shows you that you are right where you need to be and all your worries melt away! Either way no matter which one u are know that I see you. I see how hard your working for your babies & I am proud of you!
Keep on keeping on parents! You got this! I’ll be in my Nutshell with these three wild hoodlums thanking God that I am able to be here with them while I still can be! š
Motherhood & Marriage 