Today I quit my job as a stay at home mom. Not for long but for about ten minutes. I know that motherhood is HARD. I know that every journey of motherhood has its challenges.It is difficult for the working outside of the home mom. For the Work from home mom and the stay at home mom. But this post is dedicated to the Stay at Home Moms, I see you. A man once asked me if I was a “Full-Time Mom” despite the comment initially being off putting as I was raised by a hard working single mother. On my toughest days those words “Full-time Mom” resonate with me heavily and they may resonate with you. I would like to remind you this is in no way shape or form intended to offend or downgrade a working mother, a work from home mother but just is dedicated to the Stay at Home Mother.
To the Stay at Home Mom
The mornings are filled with a moments glimpse of silence before the pitter pattering of feet begin. The nights are filled with cries of restlessness that crave your attention in spite of your exhaustion. Life is beautiful yet chaotic, filled with Joy yet pain. The trenches of motherhood feel like they will never end. A love you’ve never felt before that can be lovely yet overwhelming, always needed, always wanted, always giving, always pouring. This is not a complaint about motherhood but a testimony about it. From Dawn to Dusk you are at the beck and call of the most wonderful parts of you with their small hands, big hearts and even bigger attitudes. What is privacy?, ‘m sure there must not be such a thing at all. How many times can one be asked for a snack , seventy times seven? Sometimes it makes you want to crawl up the wall. To be loved, to be needed, to have someone to care for and cultivate is such a blessing with yet a heavy weight.
But really being a stay at home Mom has its twist and turns and it’s moments of bitterness never surpass its sweetness. From the long nights of planning playdates to doctors appointments, God sees you. To the level of concern no one will understand that you feel for the little human(s) when they have the tiniest cough or cold symptom. For the way you sit in silence questioning if you are a good enough parent. God hears you and sees you. When you are teaching your children to regulate their emotions but are losing control of your own. God sees you. When you feel guilt for buying something for yourself because you think it takes away from your children. God hears you. When you just need a moment of silence to yourself to think, but everyone needs you. God sees you.
The truth is Motherhood is a FULL-TIME job, being a stay at home mom is a Full-time job with a heavy focus on the needs of your children. Without a doubt this is a blessing, truly a gift to have the privilege to stay home with your babies. To watch every moment of their growing, to nurture them when they are ill, to hold them when they can not sit still. The ability to tend to ever wound. Teach them life skills and help them overcome hurdles. Feed them for every meal and snack requested. You truly are on Full-Time motherhood duty. From Diapers to Snack and eventually to Backpacks it’s okay to want to quit, it’s okay to want a breather. Because the truth is you are a Mother but you are first YOU and sometimes you have big feelings too. So feel how you feel but as I tell my kids “just don’t stay there”. Return to your job with the reminder you are living out an answered prayer!
Xx Classically Faith xx
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