Stay-At-Home-Motherhood: A Noble Profession
would fail as a mother if I gave my children the message that my desires and wishes were more important than they are!
I believe my son needs the stability of having a primary caregiver; someone who is with him most of the time, and I am honored to be that person for him. I believe it is ideal for a child to have one person whom he can depend on all of the time, and I am pleased that my husband and I have made the choice to meet this need.
My husband and I did not go through years of infertility, and pregnancy and childbirth, in order to give our child to someone else to raise for the majority of his waking hours. We decided to have a child because WE want to raise him the way we choose.. Raising a family is a choice and a goal for us; it is not an afterthought. Our small family is the most important thing in our lives, and we have chosen to put our child first, before our wants or wishes. Unlike many mothers, I don't dread the thought of becoming "Will's Mom;" to the contrary, I can hardly wait to have him run in the back door with his friends, to hear his friends say, "Hi Will's Mom!"
I have chosen a vocation for myself: motherhood. I can't imagine a more noble, or more important, profession.
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