I was just thinking today as I swept the kitchen floor for the billionth time this week about an experience I had at work a long time ago. Before I was pregnant with Kimball I worked at the hospital. there was a certain gentleman there that started going off on stay at home mothers. I found myself arguing with him,even though I didn't quite know what I was talking about. He said and I quote, "How many times can you clean a house?" Not really knowing the answer I said that there is much more to being a mother than that. If you are a real stay at home mom then you have a constant engagement with the kids as well. I think I said something to that effect.
While cleaning today I realized that what I said was true, but now I know that you can clean a house over and over and over........and still never stay ahead. I thought I got ahead yesterday. Kimball took a 3 hour nap. I deep cleaned the kitchen, the bathroom and cleaned the living, and bed room. I felt pretty good. By the end of the evening the sink was full of dishes again, the floor needed to be swept again and so forth. I am not really complaining. I am just saying that in answer that guys question...you can clean a house many, many times.
There are plenty of people that I worked with that thought stay at home mothers were lazy. Who ever thinks that, doesn't know what it is like being one. However, I am not saying that working mothers don't do anything either. I know many wonderful mothers that have to work. It can be very trying to work and be a mother. I only did it for six weeks and I had a hard time with it. I am just saying that there are hard working mothers that stay at home as well. Although there are times, I must admit, that I might a have a good book to finish and I let the house fall apart for a day or two. Not very often, but when I do there is neglect on the house cleaning.
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I understand completely! anytime a Harry Potter or Stephanie Meyer book comes out, I stop being a clean, mother, wife, and responsible individual. I have to read it all the way till the end! David isn't in school anymore so we have split up more of the chores and that has helped out a ton. I don't feel so stressed about the cleaning anymore. Happy sweeping from one stay-at-home mother to another!
Thanks Amy. It is nice to know I am not alone.
it's not just when there's a book or somthing to finnish either, i hate it when things beyond my control prvent me from having a clean house... you saw the results of that the other day when you were here, and jacob had been sick, it's hard to just sit there sometimes and hold a sick baby when there are a billion things in arms reach that need doing and you jsut have to put them aside and love the baby. or like when olivia got her stiches, thank goodness most of the house was clean but it sure put a kink in the day.
True there are other things that keep a house from being cleaned. It is so sad when a baby is sick. All you can do is love them.
That coworker of yours has a very shallow and uninformed view of SAHM (Stay At Home Mothers). While there are a select few who sit around eating Bon-Bons and watching As the World Turns, the majority are creating a solid foundation for their children's future. Anyone who mocks motherhood and/or thinks women can have their cake and eat it too are only fooling themselves and need a swift kick in the pants. Only a SAHM can provide the nurturing, care, counseling, and education that each child needs and deserves. It's like that famous quote from David O'McKay: "No other success can compensate for failure in the home." In the next life, one is not going to be able to bring with him/her the power, prestige, or money accumulated in this life. Only the relationships and impacts, and not to mention the rearing of your family, will be part of what qualifies one for eternal salvation.
(sorry....got a little carried away).
Don't appologise. I love your input. Thanks for the support.
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