At Home is Where I Stay-A SAHM's Poem

I don’t have the kind of job,
Where a salary is made
I get to be my own boss,
And at home is where I stay

Some think I don’t work
Some think I have it easy
Some think I get to relax all day
While I kick back and watch tv

Sorry to burst your bubble
But I’m busy from sun up to sundown
From making breakfast and snacks
To making a smile from that fitty frown.

Teaching to basics of life
Like how to respect one another
How to say please and thank you
And not to kick your brother

From ABC’s and learning to read.
To social skills and math
From the breakfast table, I go nonstop
Even after the night time bath.

I don’t get to clock out
And work with adults
Don’t get an hour lunch to myself
I’m constantly keeping at my wits.

I’m a nurse, a chef, a maid,
A chauffer, creative director and organizer
A monster killer, a story teller
An expected 24 hour energizer.

Living off no to little sleep
The laundry never goes away.
I can clean and clean my heart out.
But the messes come all day.

I don’t have a job like you
But I work my little butt off.
It may be insignificant to you
But my kid gets the payoff

I know I’m blessed to stay home
To be there for my kids all day
I’m not knocking what you do
But staying home is not all child’s play.

My job IS being a mom.
The best I know to do.
24 hours of patience and cleaning.
Keeping calm while I feel like it’s a zoo.

I’m a nonstop mom
Even while they sleep
I’m the stay at home kind
And the rewards, my kids and I reap.

So don’t ask a mom,
If she works or not
Because whether she stays home or doesn’t.
We make the best of this one shot.

I don’t have the kind of job,
Where a salary is made
I get to be my own boss,
And at home is where I stay

By: Jeanene