Mr. Mom and Homemaking Daddy Part III

Let's get straight to the meat of the final installment of this. I have been back at work for one week now. Up anywhere from 0300 to 0430 getting ready and getting on the road to head to work, 10 - 13 hours of nonstop work, NO NAPS, NO talking to my son, NO play times, NO hugs, and most days getting home with only less than an hour seeing my son before I read him his bedtime story. Conclusion...

There is absolutely no way I would choose to work rather than being a stay at home dad. No matter what stress or inconvenience there might be with the job, there is no way it even comes close to my job when it comes to job satisfaction... and I love my job. Everything you do as your "job" when you are a stay at home spouse is something amazing, you are raising a child and if you are lucky enough to have the privilege to stay at home and enjoy the wondrous spectacle of a child growing and discovering, consider yourself lucky. I love the fact that my wife gets the opportunity to enjoy this, since a lot of people do not have the luxury of being able to.


I will not be going into great detail with this post, but I did feel that I did an inadequate job of closing out my last post (let's face it, I just got lazy and forgot to produce a dramatic ending). But to my credit, let's be completely honest... You knew deep down in your heart of hearts that I would love this job. If you don't love the job of "being a parent", you shouldn't be a parent.



Happy Holidays,
Stephen R Bender
1st Lieutenant, USMC