So today I'm home!!!  I finished my client's home yesterday, so today I am trying to give my house the much needed spring/summer cleaning that it deserves!!  But I was just checking out some different websites, and I happened along this article about mothers....Now is it me, or does society expect so much of us mothers these days...It seems like nothing we ever do is ever going to be good enough...If we are a stay at home mom, there's a part of society that looks at us as if we should be doing something more...But if we are working mothers, there is another part of society that says we should be at home with our children....

For the most part, I am a stay at home mom, except for about the 6 weeks a year that I chose to work, when a really good job offer comes along.  But some moms choose to work all the time, or they have to work full time to support their children...Society shouldn't critisize them for this, just like they shouldn't look down upon stay at home moms...We're mom's what we do is important, whether we're stay at home moms, or working moms, we are still moms, and for the most part, most of us are damn good moms....

For the past few months, I feel as if I am a single parent, even though I'm not...But since my husband has been leaving the house at 9:00 in the morning and not getting home till 1:00 in the morning, 6 to 7 days a week, because of his job, I feel like I am raising our two children on our own...And I practically am...I have become both mom and dad, the diciplinarian & the friend...I am doing it all, and I think it's starting to take it's toll...Honestly, I have the highest respect for single parents, I really don't see how you do it, day in and day out without your partner by your side...  I'm just doing the best I can, and hoping that's good enough....

What bothers me the most, is people who look at stay at home mothers, as if what we do isn't enough, they act as if it's nothing to stay home all day...Nothing!  Let me tell you something, stay at home mothers have a tougher job than some men I know...We spend our days, taking care of your children, running all day to soccer practices & dance recitals, paying the bills, cleaning your hourse, fixing your dinner, and then you say we do nothing all day long....I challenge any man who thinks his wife does nothing all day to walk one day in her shoes....  I asked my husband one day, if he would want to trade places with me, for just one day...He immediately declined...Luckily for me, he knows what I do all day, but some men don't realize just how much their lives would fall apart without the wives...  After all, we are the presidents of your households, we're there 24 hours a day 7 days a week making sure things are running on schedule....

My point is, we're all mothers and wives...We're not super-moms like you expect us to be, but we're trying pretty damn hard...So just give us credit where credit is do, and every now and then, ask us how OUR day was, and maybe ask us if we need some time off...Afterall, we don't get breaks & vacations like you do, our job is never-ending...Think about that before you say we do nothing...