Stay at home mom, aka Professional Homemaker...

I had the privilege of meeting a lady who said in response of my answer of "I stay home", "oh, you're a professional homemaker." I could have hugged her. So often when I meet someone new and they ask what I do for a living and I say stay home, they say kind of quiet, 'oh'. Like oh, well, what you do isn't important, or it makes me uncomfortable, so I just won't say anything.

I have decided to change my thinking...From now on, whenever someone asks me what I do, I am going to hold my head up proudly, smile and say "I am a stay at home mom." I no longer care what people think of my profession. I am doing what God has asked of me. So from now on, here is my job description....

Uniform: any shirt is acceptable as long as it has mustard or ketchup on the shoulder, pants or shorts and they must have greasy fingerprints on them. hair~pony tail or pulled up with clips is the best.

Begin work with the sun or when the little guys come in and jump on you and ask for breakfast. Must be ready to hit the ground running. During the day you are responsible for preparing meals, cleaning up after meals, wiping mouths, wiping noses, breaking up fights and settling disputes. You also must enforce the completion of chores, and maintain a moderately happy environment.

You also need to be able to stop doing housework at a moments notice and snuggle in a chair with the child and their lovey. And if needed lay down with them while they take their nap.

The perks of this job are you get told 'I love you' at various times of the day and with no notice at all, a huge hug comes your way. You also are able to witness those little moments that makes being a mom worth while. Like when your children are playing together or when they tell you that no one is as beautiful as you are.

I am a stay at home mom.....aka a Professional Homemaker and so happy to be such!!!!