July 7, 2015
YOU Can Have It All!


Dear Dr. Laura, 

When I tell someone I am a stay-at-home mom, I am often asked, "What do YOU do all day with your kids?" They say it with such an exasperated air, like just the thought is exhausting them. One friend once said, "I don't know how you do it. I need time away from my baby. Time for me." Clearly, we speak a different language. I sometimes want to respond, "Oh, I don't know, I just spend my days TRYING TO KEEP TWO KIDS ALIVE," but I think that might come off a little harsh. So I just shrug my shoulders and tell them how these days with my girls are precious and there is always time for work in the future. 

I guess I just never bought into the feminist adage, "YOU can have it all!" It's a mentality that you can keep adding weights to a barbell and still balance it over your head. Nope.  One day, that barbell is going to drop and it is going to hurt. But, on second thought, I have my own way of defining "having it all." Last night, as I tucked my girls into bed, I could not help reliving our day of art projects, reading, and cooking lessons. A normal day I would never want to take back. I am a mother who can confidently say my amazing husband and I are raising to two kind, courageous, funny girls and, yes, they are beautiful, too, sorry...had to say it. This is all I need.

I DO have it all. 

Emily 


Posted by Staff at 10:59 AM