Stay at Home Mom and Proud of It

Written by Jessie Koria

One of the hardest jobs a woman can ever have is that of motherhood. We carry our little ones for nine months, go through hours of grueling labor, get rewarded with a beautiful little bundle, and then get sent home to learn the ups and downs of parenting. No one can ever truly explain how much work parenting really is. From the long nights to potty training, and then into teenage years, we all have to learn from personal experience.

I myself never expected to be challenged with a son who later developed learning and speech delays, as well as behavioral problems. Nor did I know that I would never experience a normal child birth. Three pregnancies later I am part of a community of moms who hold strong and swap advice. Closest to me has her hands full with a brood equaling out to four biological kids, and three step children. I envy her will power on a daily basis.

Me, I have two and one on the way. My daughter is a sassy 20 month old who continues to test the limits and touch anything within reach. Her brother, who is now five, has struggled with many delays and ADHD. It is very much challenging to be pregnant and have two children beat each other up over the last gummy snack, and not be able to do anything but guard my belly and step between them.

Staying at home is rewarding though, when your boyfriend or husband comes home to a clean house and two quiet kids and you are finally sitting down to relax. It's a feeling of accomplishment for sure. Knowing you just finished the dishes, five loads of laundry, the vacuuming, sweeping, mopping, and taking out the trash. Granted your back is aching along with your head, but it is worth it in the end.

But it doesn't end there... you still have dinner to cook, and baths to dish out. And then comes bed time, the part of the day a lot of moms look forward to with a vengeance. In my house that means dinner at six, bath at seven, and bed at eight for the little ones. That way from eight thirty to about eleven mommy and daddy can sit back and watch something other than SpongeBob, or check emails without the computer being turned off by little miss fingers. That is the end of a day of being a stay at home mom. Winding down and then hitting the hay so mommy can do it again the next day.

So now we all no that this is the hardest job that moms can have. We don't get paid for our work, we just do it. We make sure our families are taken care of and the house is clean. Some of us are even lucky enough to find an online job to help bring in some cash. But it is a job best left for naptime. We take our job with pride, no matter how many migraines we get, or napless days we experience. We are stay at home moms and proud of it.