team

this post is not designed to tell you anything you don't already know or can't discern by yourself. but new mom or old mom i want to cheer you on. because as i'm getting ready to start this journey of being a mom, i need your cheers too.

 

16 WEEKS

 

maybe i'm just paying more attention but lately i've seen several articles with titles like, "why i can't afford for my wife to stay at home". usually these articles go on to list the value of the stay-at-home mom in ridiculous amounts. "full time car service, $40.00/hour at 80 hours/week". "in house chef, grocery shopper, and meal planner, $1,000 week". all of these line items are then neatly summed up with the conclusion that if the stay-at-home mom/wife were paid for all her duties, the cost would be astronomical! the family would be wealthy beyond measure!

and then the biggest punch in the gut to the self-absorbed working mom, the stay-at-home mom actually CARES about her children, and their health, personal well-being, and physical and spiritual development.


18 WEEKS

 

don't misunderstand, stay-at-home mom. i am all for you. i was raised by one of you. i was homeschooled by one of you. i understand the sacrifice, the dedication, and the humility it takes to be a stay-at-home mom. you rock. you are an absolute rock star.

but don't belittle the working mom in your rise to fame.


23 WEEKS



just because working moms go to work doesn't mean they get a pass on all those homely and motherly duties. as a working mom, i'm still going to be the main grocery shopper, meal planner, diaper changer, house keeper, laundry washer. i'm just going to juggle a career alongside those things.




27 WEEKS

i'm not choosing work over my child. i'm working to give my child opportunities that i maybe didn't have. and i'm not working so that i can lay the responsibility of raising my child on some practical stranger. i'm taking full responsibility for raising my child. it just doesn't involve staying at home full time. and you know maybe i want to show my daughter that education for women leads somewhere out there in the great big world. and that mommies can bring home the bacon also.



31 WEEKS

 

but really...i just want moms to be on the same team. whether you stay at home with your kids or work 60 hours a week to provide for your kids. whether you're a divorced mom, a single mom, a step mom, adoptive mom, or just plain old mom.



34 WEEKS

 

can we take the dollar sign off of motherhood? can we all just admit that good parenting is priceless in our broken world. that having a loving mom who strives to provide, to love, to care, to nurture is the best type of mom, no matter how she gets it done.

so here's to you, mom with spit-up on her shirt, mom rocking the power suit, and mom who can't remember the last time she took a shower with no interruptions. i want you on my team.