The thought that has been on my mind lately, (besides how this nation has already gone to heck in a handbasket, (socialism here we are!!!)) is being a working mom. Don't get me wrong; I love my kids, I love my family, I love what I do and where I work, but finding a balance is tough. I talked with Miss May last night, about me working. She told me that she doesn't like that I work but she is not mad at me. But the dis/comfort in all of this is at 5 years old, she understands why.
I am not going to work to pay off the RV or the ATV's or the SUV or any extra "Neccesities"; as they have become. I am not going to work to pay for a life that we can't afford that includes the mansion on the hill with "the mercedes, sauna and room for a pony" (anyone who watches British Comedies will totally get that).
I am going to work to pay for health/ dental insurance for my family, to pay the rent and utilities and to pay for groceries and clothing. I find that I am a better mother and wife when I work. The biggest reason I work is: to make up the difference that Hotstuff cannot.
"God loves us. He is watching us. He wants us to succeed. We will know some day that He has not left one thing undone for the eternal welfare of each of us. If we only knew it, heavenly hosts are pulling for us—friends in heaven that we cannot now remember who yearn for our victory. This is our day to show what we can do—what life and sacrifice we can daily, hourly, instantly make for God. If we give our all, we will get His all from the greatest of all."
(Ezra Taft Benson, “Jesus Christ—Gifts and Expectations,” Ensign, Dec 1988, 2)
"We have not failed until we quit trying." Marvin J. Ashton
"When Fear knocked at the door, Faith answered and said: "No one is here." Unknown
Okay, I know! I'm getting preachy! Sorry! But the point I am trying to make is that my working outside my home is not in vain. It is a sacrifice I have chosen to make. My balance will come in time as long as I keep going. So why do I feel like I owe the entire world an apology for not being a stay at home mom?
About Me
- Honey and Hotstuff
- "We know that God is everywhere; but certainly we feel His presence most when His works are on the grandest scale spread before us; and it is in the unclouded night sky, where His worlds wheel their silent course, that we read clearest His infinitude, His omnipotence, His omnipresence." Jane Eyre by Charlotte Bronte
2 comments:
oh, I know how you feel. I have worked a lot over the last 10 years of marriage, and sometimes I felt sad...especially when people would say crap about a mom not working. I would want to yell at them, well you pay for my rent then! ok, sorry about my rant, but I loved your post today.
You don't owe anyone an apology. I hate it when the judges robes come out and people start judging.
Moms rock. Moms work inside the home and outside the home but we rock where ever we are because we are moms. That's all there is to it. If people would only realize this then we could throw those judges robes out the window and all just dance in our underoo's.
Oh and I plan on going as Hyacinth for Halloween this year.
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