I begin my day every day at 6:30 a.m. if not earlier. I never get vacation days and I certainly don’t get sick days. I clean vomit (unless my husband is around and then I make him), snot, and other disgusting things I never imagined myself coming close to. I often go to the store clothed in child-stained shirts. I feel like a taxi driver, the maid, a nurse, and quite frankly completely underpaid. I’m the butt-wiper, the laundry lady, the chef, the entertainer, the teacher, the receiver of dirty looks, and the list goes on. I enjoy long nap times, bed time, and headache medication… I’m just like every other mom. Strangely enough I think this is the best job ever. Thankfully the good outweighs the bad more often than not.
Motherhood really is such a rewarding job. I’m showered with sticky hugs and slobbery kisses a billion times a day. I’m told “I wub you mommy” by my three year old at least 20 times a day and my nine year old often tells me “I’m glad you’re my mom” or “you’re a good mom” when she’s not giving me dirty looks of course. I get to hear my children laughing, singing, playing, and learning and it’s awesome. They’re happy and healthy and I love them more than life itself. I live for giggles, tickles, belly laughs, rocking my youngest to sleep at night, story time, and I melt when they smile at me. 
I remember vividly the first time I got to hold each of them, their funny little first smiles, their silly first laughs, their clumsy first steps. I spend a lot of time wishing the day would go by faster but in the end I always wish time would slow down or that I had just a little more time to enjoy them being this young.
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Yay! Happy mommy day to you! Since I”m the one who works I think I constantly feel guilty I’m away from them but I’m glad my husband stays with them (not that daycare is awful, it’s just not what we want) but I think I need to feel less guilt and enjoy the time I do have with them. (And SAH parents should get sick days I say, but I”m lucky enough to have sick days to use for family members, sadly, I hardly ever use them for me
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Great post! I make my husband clean up the puke and/or other disgusting bodily functions that end up on the floor too! Its funny I used to be the kind of person that couldn’t even consider walking out of the house with a stain on my shirt. Now, I could care less and its surprising if there isn’t something disgusting that has been wiped off on me.
For me, I think that my favorite mommy moment is when my kids say the funniest things. Like when they state the obvious in a really hilarious or profound way. I also love to make them laugh. Baby giggles just give me an automatic smile no matter what kind of day that I’ve had!
You are a great mom! Love that quote you shared at the end. Hope your mother’s day was restful!
I think someone needs to point out just how perfect your hair still was after giving birth… There should be a law against that!
Love you!
Awe you expressed that so nicely, I feel almost the same!