I’m not a housewife.
There I’ve said it. I feel much better. Cause I mutter these words under my breath day in and day out. When the laundry isn’t done or dinner is late or the kitchen needs cleaning.
I’m not a housewife.
I didn’t leave a job that I liked to scrub toilets and iron shirts. I didn’t walk away from the extra money and dress clothes and daily adult conversation to plan meals and vacuum.
No, I am not a housewife.
I’m a stay at home mom. I left my job to be with my son. To raise Jack.
And while I completely get that a laundry list of chores come with being a SAHM, they are not my priority.
Cause to me being a SAHM means that my job is Jack.
My job is making sure he’s fed and napped and bathed and put to bed on time. My job is taking him to music class and playgroup and the park. My job is to help him make friends and to learn. My job is to teach him manners and social skills and all the little things that a toddler needs to know.
My job is to build with blocks and play basketball. My job is to find activities and fun things for him to do. It’s to teach him numbers and letters and to sing songs.
My job starts at 7am if I’m lucky and ends at 7pm if I’m lucky. My boss sometimes wakes me in the middle of the night. My boss has been known to throw cups at me and demand chicken nuggets.
Some days I work through lunch and am too drained to even consider dinner. Some days nap time isn’t enough time for a cup of tea let alone cleaning and folding and sorting.
And some days I love my job and some days not so much.
But that doesn’t mean I love him any less, most days I only find myself loving him more.
But what it does mean is that the house work takes a back seat to my real job which is being his mom.
Oh, I could've written this post! I would've been a bit more rude about it though and called it, "I'm not the maid!". And you are so right to write what you did…being a mama comes first! I know you've heard it a million times but time truly does fly!
Btw, your link is working on Shell's blog. I tried to get on earlier today and it said there was an error.
I love your perspective!
Yes, doing all the mom things come first.
I do try to do the housework though, cooking, cleaning etc, because, well, I'm kinda OCD like that. 🙂
Love, love, love this!
Btw, there was something wrong with your url when you put it in the linky. Feel free to link this post again next week. xo
Oh oops- just saw the one that worked. Still, you can link it up again if you want.
You are wise to figure this out now. Kids grow up so fast. My Aunt had a stitched poem hanging in her house that said –
"Cleaning and cooking can wait till' tomorrow for children grow up we've learned to our sorrow, so quiet down cobwebs, dust go to sleep, I am rocking my baby and babies don't keep".
I can't believe I've remembered it after all these years.
You're right. House wives don't have kids. 😉
AMEN!! You said it well. I suck at housework too. The good news is it isn't going anywhere!
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I love this. I don't want to be a housewife either. But I can be a mom for sure!
I call myself a stay at home wife though I use housewife on occasion too. I am domestically challenged and don't have kids to take care of (yet). Housewife means housework. Umm, eww. No. LOL.
Stay at home wife? Much better. And I have a better chance at getting away with being lazy. Hehe.
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I'm not housewife, but I'm happy!
I love this post!! <3 You are so right. Being a mom is definitely a full time job, but one full of love and hugs and kisses….and yes…frustrations. But it's all worth it!
Yes it is worthwhile !