I haven't had a day off in OVER ten years.....
I was on my personal Facebook page today and a blogger I followed shared a link. This is what she said in her post and I quote:
"If MY husband had written this, he would not be able to work for a week because I'd keep him home doing.... (fill in the blanks with grown up things that men like to do....don't be shy)"
When someone prefaces a post with that "announcement", how could I NOT read it? If it has the power to make me want to do *extraordinary* things with my hubby why not give it a go? Today would be a good day to experiment, it's our 11th anniversary after all. So, I'm thinking, "Why not" and read the blog.
It wasn't sexual yet, extremely sexy.
It wasn't a love letter yet, very loving,
it wasn't provocative yet, boldly profound.
It was so well written, so beautifully done, that I'm confident saying If my REAL "job" had a voice, this is what it would say.
It's called "You're a stay-home-mom? What do you do all day?" by a MAN (yes I said a man named Matt Walsh).
Here is the link: http://themattwalshblog.com/2013/10/09/youre-a-stay-at-home-mom-what-do-you-do-all-day/
I think this should be mandatory reading for EVERY human being.
Happy Friday everyone!
Patty :)
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Happy Anniversary Patty. Stay at home Moms are the best in the world. All the children in the neighborhood that had working moms always came to my house, and this was in the 60's Flash forward 20 years and I am in the military..I would come home and all the kids in the neighborhood would be at my house. Why? I wasn't because of me...It was because my mom then later my wife gave the children that sense of security. Stay at home mom's are spot on...So, Rock On, Mom! Your children will love you for it.
Thank you Bill! I couldn't agree with you more. I know I "kid" and "complain" about staying home with my kids and how much they drive me nuts but I wouldn't have it any other way!
Thanks for reading and commenting.
Glad to have you back at WA. :)
Oh yea, I read this today too. It was a good post! I hate the whole working mom vs stay at home mom thing. I've done both. They both have their challenges. Being a stay at home mom is more mentally challenging. Being a working mom is way more stressful overall.
That's why I'm here. I want to be at home AND make money working from home. it's not exactly easy either, but I feel it's as close to the best of both worlds as possible.
And happy anniversary! My husband and I are coming up on our 11th soon too!
Thanks for sharing this. I thought it was a wonderful post! I work outside of the home, but not by choice. I'll be happy to join the ranks of SAHM someday soon!
Happy Anniversary! Congrats!
Thanks so much!
I've got the stay at home part figured out, now just need to work on the "earn" from home part! Then I'll never complain again! Lol, yeah right! ;)
I'm glad you enjoyed it.
Thanks for reading and commenting. :)
Patty.
Anniversary? How cool is that? We are also celebrated our 11th this month! Major congrats!
I absolutely loved this and shared it on my own personal Facebook page. I only became a stay-at-home mom just a few months back because it was what I and my husband wanted. It is amazing to me the incredible change and sense of peace it has brought to our family. It is also amazing to me how many people (including close friends and my own MOTHER, who prides herself on working while raising three children, but who I can't recall ever playing with me as a child..) have behaved as though they can't believe I would have the audacity to stay home and "sit around" while my husband goes off to work. Never mind that we are all better for it. Never mind that my husband comes home to a clean house, clean laundry, a home-cooked meal and a happy wife. I guess the anti-nurturing mindset is just another fun bi-product of our "advanced" society.
ANYWAY, thanks for sharing!
Jamie
Hi Jamie,
I'm so glad you felt the same way I did about it. I shared it immediately too. :)
My husband and I always agreed that I would stay home with the kids so I knew that's what I was going to do. However, after a few years of financial insecurity, I was tempted to work outside of the home. As much as we tried, my husband and I could NOT justify the extra income from me working versus the HUGE gain of me staying home with our kids. No matter how "bad" things got (he JUST started a new job this past month and was unemployed since April, we completely wiped out our savings), no matter how much everyone talked about how ridiculous and crazy we were, we stood our ground.
THANK GOD.
We are closer as a family now, after all of us being home together this summer, than I could've hoped for. We have an excellent family dynamic and I wouldn't change that for the world.
Thanks for reading, sharing and commenting.
Patty :)
Hi Patty
It's funny how we can get such different feelings from it. I read it twice and disliked it intensely. Though I understood it was written from the heart and he feels passionately about 'stay a home mum's' and their importance to society - I thought his arguments were incredibly badly put together.
Sorry.
But Happy Anniversary.
Well, that's not what I wanted to hear but I'm glad you were honest, I appreciate that.
I guess we'll just have to agree to disagree on this one. ;)
Thanks for giving it a solid chance by reading it twice. Maybe it's more appealing to me since I'm *slightly* insecure and occasionally feel under-appreciated. Whoever said "motherhood is a thankless job", was spot on. Lol.
Thanks! :)
Hi Patty
The topic is really important and no one should be made to feel a second class citizen and yet I know many 'Stay at Home Mums' are and that's wrong. It was just this article. For me he could have made the argument so much stronger and he spoiled it. I put my teaching hat on and did a critique of it. I'll send it to you. As you say we don't have to agree on it.
(LoL and it's just given me inspiration for an article - so that's all to the good!)
Beverley
Excellent! I look forward to seeing your critique. Perhaps its because you DO see the value in SAHM...hmmmm.
Me giving YOU inspiration, now that's a change of pace!
My comment is missing some words and I couldn't figure out how to edit it:
Perhaps its because you DO see the value in SAHM...hmmmm.
Is supposed to say:
Perhaps its because you DO see the value in SAHM, that it bothers you so much...hmmmm.
:)
Hi Craig,
You'd be surprised at how many times I get *that* reaction when someone finds out I'm a SAHM. It used to bother me so much that I started to question staying home with my kids. I was confused and torn about what to do, go back to work or stay home. Now as each day passes and I get to watch my kids grow and truly "know" and enjoy my kids,
It's obvious I made the right choice. :)
Thanks for taking the time to read it. :)
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Agreed, it should,
Hudson.
Thanks Hudson.