I’ve really been watching the seasons of motherhood pass by me. I am the mother of Tweens now…this is a significant age for my daughters and for me.
With changing bodies (oh, my!), changing social dynamics (new bestfriends everyday) and changing desires (professional horseback rider/Vet, Spa owner/Dancer) I am now the vehicle for this growth..literally…the person that is making it all happen, with of course Hubby, working like a dog. I’m thankful I can actually see these changes and be a PART of them.
Some of my friends are extremely successful career woman. And I mean, over the top AMAZING! I see them doing some remarkable things in this world. They travel, work long hours and still manage to enjoy family life. I don’t have that energy. Or, will at this time.
I simply have the desire to nurture my little family. It’s everything to me.
This post isn’t debating work v. SAHM – it’s just my POV.
I know this my choice. My choice not to be a career woman and making money to contribute to the home. I’m making the emotional deposit in the family that I have created. Hubby works his a$$ off…I worry about him sometimes, but he is so content with what I am doing – securing our future with content, happy girls. It seems to be the only way he wants it too. He needs to travel for work, he needs to negotiate HUGE deals, he needs to be available to international clients – he needs me to be a partner in how we want to live our lives.
My days are filled with ‘helicopter’ mom activities at school, cleaning the house, preparing meals and DRIVING (and driving…and driving)…it’s all these tasks I feel so blessed to be doing. I really am!
My season of a career will be here before I know it. It will be a reality again. But I can NEVER retrieve the moments when I pick up my girls from school and they say they are happy to see me after a day at school. PURE BLISS.
Emotional Deposit – complete. Now what do you do that makes your family tick. I would love to hear about it!
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