i am mother.....

.....hear me roar.

i went to a MOPS meeting tonight and the speaker really hit home with me. her topic was "are you embracing motherhood?". i thought i was. and then the more she spoke, i realized i was not. every since i have started staying home with huston full time, when people asked what i do, i said full time momma with a little bit of shame. i think i felt like it made me sound lazy. my whole life i have worked so hard, i was beginning to feel worthless not bringing in that big paycheck or flying off to meetings or trainings. listening to this woman, who had a career much like my own, and how her new life is so different than what she had done before but so much more meaningful - i realized how lucky i really am. i love being home with huston and i am the one who gets to watch him learn new things each day. what i never stopped to think about is how being a mom is really my purpose now and that raising a child might be the most important thing i will ever do.

from now on, i will say with pride when someone asks what i do. i am a mother.