Not living up to my full potential
i dont know why-- but all of a sudden i've become disheartened about being a stay-at-home-mommy. i'm not really sure where the feeling came from. just kinda popped up.
[this isnt meant to be boastful--->] when i was in highschool, i was in all honors/Advanced Placement classes. i graduated with a 4.2 (w/ AP classes you got like a .5 boost or something]. The kids i had class with were gonna go to college to do great things: doctors, lawyers, politicians, biochemists, on and on.
And here i am, just a "homemaker."
I wonder: "what do people think of me?" i assume that most people think one of two things about stay-at-home moms: 1) they arent living up to their potential; 2) they're too dumb or lazy to get a good job.
i dont want people to think i'm dumb. i'm actually very smart [again, i dont mean to be boastful]. but i'm also afraid that people look down on me, thinking "oh she's just a housewife." like its a triffle little insignificant thing.
such good timing that i recently just heard a speaker say: Others may think that your life situation is insignificant... But you've been placed where you belong and therefore it is significant.
hmff...
8 comments:
Pish posh! Being a mommy is a great job! All those "holier than thou" people really secretly wish they could have what you have!
... I know I do! I wanna man and a baby!
My mom was a stay at home mom for my entire childhood and for that I am SO grateful. She was always there to talk to, drive me to swimming, gymnastics, arts cl, the mall, friends, wherever and whenever and most of the time friends wanted to come to MY house cause I had the cool mom, I always had home cooked meals, my mom came on school trips, she was really involved in school and my life and now I'm so close to her. I know a lot of people don't have the opportunity to stay home because of financial reasons or whatever but it's so worth it. She just started going back to work 2 years ago, my sisters and I are all old enough and my brother is too independent anyway she said after 20 years at home she's sick of us :D I wouldn't have had it any other way, and when I have kids one day, as much as I really want to work, I would so rather give them what my mom gave me. Trust me, you're doing the right thing.
thanks for the encouragement everyone... it really helps
I think stay at home moms are the best. I admire anyone that can do it. I know that I never could because I don't have the patience. Good for you!
my mom is a stay at home mom.. and i respect her soooo much..
what i would like to say is that if u want to work u just go ahead and do that but do it bcoz u want to d it and not bcoz its like a cool thing to do.. dnt even think abt what people say or think.. coz if u were workin they would say that u r ignoring ur child and family ..
So do what u want to do..Be what u want to b
and hey i thought u r a budding writer.. so write a book.. and mayb u could rake in millions..
Duuuude, I think being a stay at home parent is much more difficult job than a job outside the home. Even with just 1 child, its a big job. I also think its important for you to be happy. Perhaps something part time would help woo those blues away. Remeber to take care of you.
I stumbled upon your blog tonight and it must have been meant to be. I was just in a coma in the shower thinking about how I sometimes feel invisible now that I am a stay at home mom. My background is much like yours and I have a high school reunion coming up and wonder what it so special about staying home. Heck - even my husband seems to wonder what I do all day (despite the fact that I have 3 kids - 6,4 and 2 and am a single mom Monday - Friday since my hubby lives 2 hours away for work). ARGHHH - I know what I do matters but sometimes I feel like my Masters Degree is a total waste and that I really messed up by stepping out of the working world. Then I take a peak at my beautiful babies sleeping and realize this is exactly where I am meant to be.
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