All in a Day's Work

     I just want to start off by saying that I admire the full time working mother.  I really do not see how it can all get done in one day with a full time job on top of it.  My husband and I have chosen for me to be primarily a stay at home mother, that works approx 15 hours a week.  I usually go into the office 1 day a week and "try" to do the rest from home.  Wednesday's are usually my favorite day because my two sons go to Mothers Day Out and I can get all kinds of stuff done.  I actually went into the office today, balanced our check book, washed 2 loads of clothes, sewed on a patch for Cody's Cubbies vest, and straightened the house.  Whew, I am tired now, but my day isn't over we still have to make it to church for 5:30 to eat supper and go to Awana's.  We probably won't get home until 8:00.  Back to my admiration of mothers who work, I just don't see how they do it.  All I can say is that you must have some sort of super power to be able to cook, clean, spend quality time with kids and husband, perform all other household duties, and hold down a full time job.  It's day's like these that help me to appreciate my mother more.  She was a single mother who worked tirelessly everyday to make sure we had all that we needed.  Thank you Mom for giving of yourself for us.  However, I do feel blessed that I am able to stay at home with my little ones.  Sometimes the house may be untidy, clothes unwashed, no supper, but I know that I have done the most important work of all and that is to spend quality time with my little ones.  I have to remind myself that this is what God wants me to do.  Even though I graduated from college my work at home is so much more important than work outside of the house.  And so I end with this, no matter if we as women work outside the home or inside the home, it is all in a day's work.