Stay at Home Mom

Chad went out to eat with us the other night and we got on the subject of "stay at home Moms". Chad told me that he was so thankful that I was a stay at home Mom. He talked about not worrying where he would stay if he were sick, how good it was having ME be the one to get him ready for school and put him on the bus and get him off of the bus. Not wondering where he would stay during the summer and most of all that only Brent and I influenced his thinking. He said that he didn't think that he would be who he is today if I had of worked (other than Photography) outside the home. I was so proud that I almost started balling right there in the restaurant. As a stay at home Mom, I always struggled with, "was I making the right decision." I knew that they had friends whose Mom's were Nurses, Teachers, Social Workers and so on. I wondered if I should be a "Professional" or just be a Mom. I knew a lot of Moms that only spent maybe 3 hours a day with their kids. And those 3 hours were spent feeding, bathing and putting them to bed. They barely even knew their own children. My Grandma along with a couple of others kept me when I was little. I cried when I had to go home. I was so much closer to my Grandma and my Babysitters than I was my Mom. I am so glad that Chad feels that he is who he is today, because I was a stay at home Mom. He sure did turn out pretty good, if I say so myself.