This week, I will be featuring posts for Moms, especially SAHMs. Be sure to check back each day for tips on how to manage a home, keep a routine, maintain some tidiness, and to keep things simple. I will also be sharing my first interview with a rockin’ minimalist mommy!
Why am I a SAHM (stay at home mom)? Doesn’t it get boring or mundane?
These are a few of the questions I’ve been asked about becoming at play at home mommy. I am a SAHM because I have a degree in Early Childhood education, and I know the importance of the formative years of learning and a child being with his/her parents. I understand that some moms have no choice but to work because they need the money, and I understand I am blessed to have this job. But I can’t imagine leaving my home to go to a child care center or school to care for and teach other children and not my own.
Do my days get boring or mundane? Not usually! Have you been around a child?! They are constantly in motion, learning new things, and it keeps their caregivers on their toes! Add in a husband to care for, a home to keep in order, pets to take care of, and meals to cook who has time to be bored?! 
This is my job, and I love it! Faith from Bearthmama feels the same…
I think Stay at Home Mama is a funny misnomer. Maybe “live in the world with my children mama” is more apt. I have been a mama for 14 years. I have stayed at home, worked from home and worked outside of the home. I have created a home in over 15 houses since then, and lived on the road.
I have 3 children, Kopper 14, Easy 8 and Zola 3. My life is never boring and rarely quiet. We live in our house, it isn’t just a place to eat and sleep after a long day at school or the office. Our home is a place to base our adventures out of, a place to create, explore and relax. It is our sanctuary from the crazy world.
My job is to create a safe place from my family to live, work, play, dream and be. That involves clearing a clean palate for us to create. It includes facilitating the means for my children to live full productive joyous lives. I am a guide, a fellow adventurer, a chef, a sounding board, a good listener, a finder of lost things and much much more. I bring in items, events, people and ideas that may inspire my family and bring joy to us. It is a full time all consuming thrill of a job!
Are there any other SAHM’s that want to share why they stay home and what their days are like? I’d love to hear from you?
When we have children in the future, I couldn’t imagine not being at home with them. Thank you for this lovely post. I really love what Faith had to say.
I love being a SAHM. I am a mom to five kiddos. Brandon 16, Jillian 11, Lucy 8, Suzy 7, & Zoe 6. We homeschool, just a fancy way of saying we learn at home together, as a family! Never a dull moment here. Being a SAHM is a most fulfilling job!