Staying at Home Series

Back in January I wrote a post about our choice as a family for me to stay home with our kids.

I LOVE my job as a stay at home mom!

There have been many times where I sometimes hesitate to talk about how much I adore my job.

I find myself afraid that I will offend someone...

afraid that someone will feel like I'm saying my job is better than theirs...

afraid that someone will think I'm judging them because they're a working mom.

Really I think it just boils down to the last thing.

Afraid that my friends will think I'm judging them for being working moms.

It's the society we live in.
The working mom vs. the stay-at-home mom.

It's a silent war... an elephant in the room.

And here's the deal.

I would say about 90% of my friends are working moms.

And they adore their own jobs!
And I love hearing about their jobs and what is new with them!

They have chosen their jobs.
And I have chosen mine.
It's just a tad different in the fact that I don't go to a place of employment.

I hate that I've felt this way in the past.
That any of us have felt this way.. because I know it's happened to more women than just me.

There is no reason to be hesitant and timid about sharing what I love to do the most.
And that is being home with my babies!

I've really never shared some of the exact reasons as to why I stay at home.

The reason why all goes right back to the fact that I've been afraid I would offend people.

But the more I have thought about it the more I realized how silly that thinking was.
The choice of me staying at home and the reasons behind it are for OUR family only.
Not anyone elses.

So please do not feel like I am judging anyone...

or that I think you should live like we do...

or make the choices we do.

This is our own personal little story:)

With all that said I will be posting more of my story tomorrow.

And the rest of the week I have asked other stay-at-home moms

 to share their thoughts on staying at home.

I have loved the blogging community for this very reason.

When I worked I loved being able to talk with other teachers about their classrooms and students.
It was fun to compare stories and hear about their day.

The same goes for stay-at-home moms.
I kind of like to think of them as my colleagues;)

I love hearing how they organize their day...

what they do with their kids...

how they stay sane at times when it gets crazy :)

I'll be back tomorrow with the rest of my story!