Ode to Thankfulness by a Stay-at-Home Mom

So here is a little somthing-something I've been working on for Thanksgiving. I know, those of you who follow my blog are going, "What the hell?"

In case you missed it, I put up a post about a week ago bemoaning having to do this . . . to write or read something thankful on Thanksgiving. But I am from Texas; as as they say here . . .


If you don't like Texas weather,
Wait 5 minutes and it'll change.


Please feel free to offer suggestions to improve it. I may, or maynot, take them. :)

Misty

Ode to Thankfulness by a Stay-at-Home Mom

I am thankful for bath time.
I use to think showers were a waist of time.
The faster in and out, the more I could accomplish.
Not so, anymore.
Taken only after my husband home,
Baths are my only child-free time all day.
I am thankful for bath time.

I am thankful for the night.
I don’t mean bed time;
As bed time in my house results in hours of fussing, needs, and whining.
I mean when they are finally a sleep.
When you can walk into their room
And actually see the peace and happiness, the youth, upon their faces.
When you can set back and read, drink a cup of decaf,
or set out side and stare at the stars and enjoy them in silence.
I am thankful for the night.

I am thankful to miss the occasional outing.
I love going places and doing things.
More so than I did before I became a stay-at-home mom.
But sometimes the best treat is to not go places when everyone else does.
An hour or so alone with just myself for company is wonderful.
I am thankful to miss the occasional outing

I am thankful for the knowledge school is just around the corner.
When raising my son begins to feel like a burden, I have the dream of school.
At first, just a few hours a day.
But eventually almost an entire day
When I know he’s protected and carried for and I am free to accomplish other goals.
To start new projects.
I am thankful for the knowledge school is just around the corner.


I am thankful for my husband
Not that he works to support us,
For he would work anyway.
I am thankful for the sacrifices he makes
He works harder now than ever in his life,
With less return.
I am thankful he makes time to play with our son
During his 2 hours of free time a day.
I am thankful for my husband

I am thankful I get to stay at home with my son.
That I have had an opportunity to learn his every expression.
To watch him develop and grow.
To see him change from a helpless baby to a child capable of heading off to school.
To experience the thousands of “firsts” he’s encountered.
For the privilege of relearning the world and seeing it through the eyes of a child.
I am thankful I get to stay at home with my son.