Just A Stay At Home Mom?!?!?

Just A Stay At Home Mom?!?!?

 

For the past 4 years, I have had the fortunate experience to be able to be a stay at home mom. It's a job that is 24 hours a day, 7 days a week and 365 days a year and 366 days during leap year. There are no sick days or vacation days. No time clock to be punched. There is no monetary paycheck that you receive every week, every 2 weeks, or every month.

 

So many of my friends think that since I'm a stay at home mom, that I have all the time in the world. That life is a piece of cake for me because I don't have an employer to report to. Our days are spent tending to the needs of our family. If you want to give us a fancy work title, than it would be an enormous list - office manager, accounting, cook, dish washer, housekeeper, maid, teacher, nurse, seamstress, chauffer, party planner, and guidance counselor. The list could go on and on and the tasks are never ending.

 

Last Friday night, mommy needed a break. It's not often that I do go out for an evening, because when I do, it's filled with phone calls or texts and just the stress of wandering if the house will still be standing when I return home. So I happened to find a perfect movie On Demand - Mom's Night Out.

 

In "Mom's Night Out," Sarah Drew plays Allyson a stay at home mom of 3 kids. The movie portrays a mother who is in desperate need of a night out away from the kids. It was true to life how so many moms feel at the end of the day after getting the kids put down for the night. It's generally when we finally get a break for ourselves, but yet there is still jobs around the house to be done. It became quite a comic adventure when she plans an evening away with two of her friends. Even though what they dealt with doesn't happen in a normal mom's night away from the house and family, the stress and disturbances have become a part of life.

 

So when you have a friend who is a "STAY AT HOME MOM," remember that she is a normal person. She has feelings, needs a break, and has a heart just like you. We need adult conversation and a chance to not be singing ABC songs or watching kids cartoons. Our paychecks come in the form of hugs, kisses, art work, and little accomplishments. It might not be the job for you, but it's the job for me. I wouldn't trade spending the day with my son to sitting in an office any day.

 

I'm proud to say that I'm a MOMMY and the best job in the whole world for me.