I wasn't prepared for all the judgement. When people asked me “what I do” and I replied “stay at home with my kids" they rolled their eyes. Some even said “do you have a real job?”

Excuse me. Being home raising two babies while maintaining a home, handling finances, putting food on the table, washing everyone's clothes and dishes, grocery shopping, going to doctor appointments, fixing boo boos, breaking up fights, keeping up two vehicles, scrubbing floors and pushing a vacuum around with one baby on each hip, etc is very much a REAL JOB!!!

The last thing you'll find me doing if you come to my home is laying on my couch, watching soap operas, eating bon bons!!! That's all for TV folks. At least in my world it is.

I was very privileged to be home with my boys. We weren't well off, but we were able to make it work so my kids didn't have to ever see daycare or be raised by babysitters. I took my job as mom very serious. I loved every part about it.

My husband would come home from work and his day was over. Not mine. Not even close. I still had dinner to make, dishes to wash, kids to bathe, bills to pay, animals to take care of, etc. He admitted after the first few years that he could never do my job. How it was crazy I did so much and didn't get paid, sick days, vacation, appreciation, etc.

Nobody ever told me that I'd be so overworked, underpaid, judged, misunderstood, and a whole lot of other things. It used to bother me but now I just laugh. Most people couldn't handle one day of my job and I think that's pretty awesome:)