Week 1 in the books.

The first Friday as a true stay-at-home mom. This may seem trivial and basic to some, maybe those who have always enjoyed the blessing of being home with kids, but to me this is profound. This is a whole new beginning for me. All I ever wanted as a young girl was to get married and be a wife and mother. I didn't even want to go to college because you don't need a degree for the things I wanted. But, God always has his plan. It was either college or full time job to pay for my own insurance, said my parents. College it was. Eventually I graduated and became a school teacher. Along the way I got married (yeah, goal number 1 accomplished), lived overseas and waited another 6 plus years before accomplishing goal number 2, kids. Though my vision of motherhood did not come to its full potential for me. The week our first son was born my husband lost his job. Oh goodie. He quickly got another but, really hated it. So, off he went to school to change his career completely and become a teacher himself. This whole time I had to be the bread winner. Now I'm not saying all of that bitterly, just matter of fact. I guess I just expected that I would get to stay home with my kiddos because my hubby would take care of the financial stuff. I kept on teaching, had another kid, ran my own daycare of 6 - 8 kids everyday just so I could at least work and be with my kids, and even went back to teaching most recently. So needless to say it has been a long time a waiting for me to stay at home free from work. My oldest son (A) is 6 and my younger son (D) is 4. But, I am so thrilled that this time in my life has finally come.

So, what did I do this week? Hmmm... I'm not really sure. I felt VERY busy and yet also think I got nothing done. There is still a part of me that doesn't fully get the idea that everyday I get to do this, THIS! Wow! I've taken my son to school before, once, maybe twice. I've even picked him up from school a handful of times. But, THIS - everyday is so exciting. To think I get to prepare him in the mornings to go off and be educated and to eventually be apart of the effective class of people that is running our country. Neat. I've even stayed home with my boys a few times - when they were sick. It is so much fun to do things with them well and happy.

So I did this: entertained, educated, taxied, house cleaned, encouraged, cheered up, worked out, cooked, hosted, snuggled, read, napped, dreamed, planned, crafted, facebooked, emailed, exchanged, nursed, banked, laundered, rested, smiled, prayed, thanked, visited, supported, discovered, damaged, repaired, insulted, apologized, danced and played. Ta da... I think I can get the hang of this.