Well you are a stay-at-home mom now and you realize that this easy sounding word is not so easy to live!

You have a hundred chores to do; still you are asked what do you do?

Dressing up for the day has taken a backseat.

There is not a day with sick leave or a vacation.

You are in constant company of your kids, yet there are times when you feel lonely.

You have left your six figure job and your career is the haziest of the things you can see.

Your bank balance which used to flourish once is an unvisited territory.

There are moments of extreme lows when you feel being worthless and find loosing on yourself.

Agreed!

Yet, there is no denial to the fact that there is certainly an edge you have as a mother. The control over routines is of course better. The attention you lend to your family is undivided. There is no additional stress (other than kids). Then there are moments which are so beautiful– moments which only a stay-at-home mom will understand. The moments of sheer bliss and joy– those are inexplicable and make a SAHM’s life worth living.

• The moments of your child’s first; first laugh, first crawl, first step, first word. Imagine having missed any of these which would mean missing a really big milestone of their and also your life.

• The moments of fun, play, tickle and laughter without worries of work or deadlines or people at work.

• The moments when you are there to cuddle, hug and give your warmth in times of their sickness; and not depend on a paid help or be with them with a divided attention.

• The privilege of having a baby group at the park or in the community to share your struggles, blessings, lessons and offer positive support to one another.

• The joy of being your child’s mom first and be remembered by everyone in your baby group by your child’s name.

• The fun of doing silliest of the things with your little human; dressing up your boy like a girl or vice versa, becoming a clown for those heart-warming super infectious giggles or snapping yourselves in the weirdest of weird ways.

• Those moments watching your little one asleep during his naps in his cosy bed basking in your warmth by his side.

• That feeling of desperately needing a break from being surrounded by your little someone 24/7; yet feeling something greatly amiss when not being so.

• The moments of catching on afternoon naps and never feeling if you have had a good one.

• The joy of teaching love and language to your kids from their own flesh and blood.

• The fun (though it doesn’t seem fun when it actually happens) when none of your bathroom visits are without an audience or you are being banged at the door by a gumball or answering their zillion questions on the commode!

• The leisure hour of daytime TV watching with your kids in sofa.

• That constant struggle to finish off your chores amidst the help by your little ones in unfolding the laundry, rearranging the dishes, dismantling the pantry and of course undecking the house.

• Those endless efforts to create gadget free time or zones by being a charcter of the pretend plays, or an opponent in the board games or a partner in the Pinterest activities.

• That super awesome feeling of being your kid’s last good bye to school and first hello from school.

• The joy of pouring all your creativity in your kids’ at home activities, school projects, lunch boxes; you are a stay-at-home mommy after all!

• The joy of planning play dates on early releases since they don’t come as a nightmare to you.

• When home is the first and the only shelter your kids think of, as there is no going to the day cares or the aunts or the neighbours.

• That feeling of complacence for patiently investing in your children– those hours of struggle feeding or putting to bed or mentoring or answering their questions.

• Above all, just being there; because you know that this is precious and this all is going to go fast.