Busy, but Blessed

I am a mostly stay at home mom.  I have three wonderful children 2 boys 8 and 12 and a girl 5.  I homeschool the oldest and we are really enjoying our second year. I work 2 mornings a week at my church's preschool.  I absolutely love it.  I love the kids and the lovely ladies I work with.  I am so busy leading American Heritage Girls, running two boys to scouts, and leading large group at church.  I also help do the curriculum for Sunday mornings at church.  I am incredibly happily married to a most wonderful man.....who works nights.  Which is not a bad thing, except when my schedule gets so packed that I am home only 2 hours out of 12.  He was recently off with a back injury and was a huge help being a second house taxi, making dinners, lunches, breakfasts, and put stressful day for me.ting the kids to bed after a stressful day.

Since he was off I had time to do extra things.  I was talking to a friend and said, Dean is going back to work, it will be like I am a single mom.  Just meaning that I will be doing most of the stuff with kids and school.  I have since changed my thought on that.

I have had the pleasure to meet a wonderful woman at Grace's bus stop.  She has three young children and is a single mom.  Her kids are younger than mine and are fantastically cute.  I realized that just because Dean works at night, it does not mean I am like a single mom.  I realized walking home from the bus stop that even though I am super busy and doing most of the stuff with the kids I am not like a single mom.  I still have the love and support of Dean, even at night. and he is a huge help on the weekends.

It is different.  If I am sad or upset, even at work I can call him and he can help talk me through my stress.  He does little things to make me happy or smile before he goes to bed.  He backs me up when I have to discipline the kids.  When I am sick or hurt he is there to take care of me.  I guess I used that term more loosely than I should have.  Never again will I say, Its like I am a single mom.  I am not. Single moms work much harder being both mom and dad. I am truly amazed at how this lady does it all. I have the utmost respect for women who are single moms taking care of their children.   I am a blessed, busy, not really "stay at home" stay at home mom of three busy kids.