Confessions of a Stay at Home Mom

Today was one of those mornings the kids and I all dread. Not only did we have to go to the store, but I had to fill up with gas, go to the bank and drop off a few things too. That means, we were going to be spending the morning in the car. As I was in the midst of running all the errands, twice I missed a turn taking round about ways to get to the places I was going. It was at that moment I knew I had to write about what being a stay at home mom means. Because at the moment, it felt like I had completely LOST MY MIND!!!


Being a stay at home mom is the greatest privilege. It means my kids and I spend all day together for better or worse. We come up with fun activities like a "Royal Tea Party" as a memory for the Royal Wedding of William & Kate. Or sibling tackle where we take turns tackling each other and sometimes it just turns into a dog pile. Every activity becomes a learning opportunity. It means being able to go to the beach every week in the spring, going to the pool daily in the summer, picking everything up and visiting grandparents just because it has been a while since we saw them. It is explaining new concepts to my children and then watching them explore them. It means never having a dull moment or even a solitary moment!

Now don't get me wrong, it is hard. There are days I feel as if I am the only one in the world still doing this. And I definitely lose it at times: forget where I am going and drive right past it to have my 5 year old point out that I missed my turn. Or the days I go to start a load of laundry to find a load still in from several days ago that never got dried! It is fixing lunch with atleast 2 if not all 4 kids yelling because it isn't coming fast enough or isn't what they wanted. There are moments that only other moms at home can understand that all you can do is laugh because there is nothing else to remedy the chaos.

But even so, the rewards are far greater. Such as today, I cleaned my kitchen watching all 4 kids playing in the backyard together happily. Or the joy I get when Keely and Macey are begging to take a walk first thing in the morning up to the big lagoon where we sit and swing, eat dry cereal, watch the sun come up and just talk. I love answering their bazillion questions, especially when it is about spiritual things. I love my husband for allowing me to stay home and being willing to work hard and sacrifice a lot to enable me this privilege. And I love my Lord God who created me for this purpose and sustains me each step of the way because without Him I would be even more messed up than I already am!