Okay, so if you haven't guessed by now, I am a "stay at home mom" or as I like to call myself a "domestic engineer" On a number of occasions I have gotten asked the question "soooo ...............do you work????" I have gotten asked this by car dealers, tax services, Dr's offices, random people walking down the street. I even heard this question come out of the mouth of Meredith Vieira during a segment about working mothers vs. mothers.............i guess............who don't work............that made me so upset that i quit watching the Today show, and sent them a little letter telling Miss Meredith Vieira what I do in a day (besides sitting down and taking the time to write a letter telling people what i do in a day ). I like to think that she felt so badly about the way that she asked the question that she couldn't handle it anymore and she stepped down from her job to move on. Truth is I bet she never received the letter and even if she did, she could probably care less.
So lets start from the beginning. Before I had children I did many things, i was a waitress, a landscaper, and a bank teller. Well not all at once that would just be crazy right?????? Little did I know that God was getting me ready for something bigger. When I was pregnant with my first born and I held that little/big 9lb 7oz butterball in my hands I knew that i had to stay home with her. I just knew deep down that this is what I was suppose to do. So it was a painful goodbye and a hard decision to make. I loved everyone I worked with and absolutely loved the good laughs we shared through out the day. But something happened when I held that child. I knew that God needed me with her. Day and night, night and day 365 days a year and even on that extra day in February when it happens. (what's that all about anyway???) I cried for the first year. I never felt so lonely in all of my life. I talked to myself and even started answering myself and then found myself getting very defensive about "what I do" . I am glad to tell you now that I am very confident about what I do. I know that I am right were I need to be, AND remember all of those jobs I did before I had a baby??? Well guess what, now I am doing them all for FREE and all at the same time. I am the grounds keeper, the financial advisor, the doctor and the nurse. I am the mom and sometimes the dad I am the server, the chef, and the dishwasher. I am the teacher, the parent and the superintendent. I am the maid who, dusts, cleans, and washes your clothes. I am the counselor, the therapist and sometimes I run the nut house. I am the warden of the Taylor house, I am the judge and the jury. I do floors and windows. I am on call 24/7, I get no paid holidays, no sick days, and no vacations, and I am raising the future of America. But most importantly, I hand out love all day long. I'm sure there is much more that I do in a day but .................I am tired because as a mommy the one thing I don't do a lot of, is sleep. So that is my job of being a "stay at home mom" NOW I don't have the extra stress of holding a full time job on top of an already "full time job" which means now, on top of all of the above, these women have to get diaper bags packed and get kids up early in the morning to take their kiddos to a babysitters, or a day care and pay mego bucks for someone else to do the above description for part of the day, then come home and start their other full time job there. And the single moms..................well God bless you !!!! I can't even begin to imagine your strength. So here is the bottom line. I am not complaining about what I get to do. I am truely blessed and praise God each day that He alows me to do it. But lets show a little respect here. I mean maybe rephrase the question from "soooooo do you work???" to "Hello there, you beautiful got it together mom with your way cool mini van and clearly rocking those mom jeans with your well behaved children. I am quite curious......are you employed outside of the home???" There now see how that just rolls off the tounge???? So if you are a mom and you are employed outside of the home or you are a domestic engineer like myself, we are all "working moms" some of us just have an extra job to make ends meet, but in the end we are a nurturing beautiful creation who were given a very special gift from God. He chose you, to be their mom because He knew that you were the best one for the job :)..................................... Did I mention that we are raising the future of America??????? Your Welcome America, your welcome.
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