To All The AWESOME and BEAUTIFUL Moms Out There!

I've had this in my inbox for awhile and I wanted to share it. It's so very true! I wanted to share it for all the Moms I know online.

Every day I hear success stories of Moms balancing family and job. The stories of them finding the right work at home opportunity and PUTTING FAMILY FIRST! I think that is a big part of what needs to change in our society is that our children need to come back home from the daycare centers.

For single mothers like myself the stories inspire me even more! It can be done and I thank God every day now that I call myself a WAHM (Work At Home Mom).

I loved teaching which is where I spent the last three years of my J-O-B life...in a Head Start classroom with 4 and 5 year olds. It was rewarding in so many ways. But I get sad when I realize I had missed so much of my own child's formative years by working outside the home....

I salute you Moms, WAHMs who have made it happen and all Moms out there still looking to put FAMILY FIRST! I am living proof it can be done. It is a sacrifice and sometimes in the beginning feels overwhelming but today I feel blessed that I was persistent or thick headed enough to hang on long enough to write my own small success story. And the story gets better every day. And only I DETERMINE WHERE THE STORY ENDS! How great is that?

GOD BLESS ALL THE MOMS....YOU ROCK!!

Dawn Mathisen
Southwest Florida

Before I was a Mom I never learned the words to a lullaby.

I never thought about immunizations.

Before I was a Mom - I had never been puked on. Pooped on. Drooled on. Chewed on. Peed on.

I had complete control of my mind and my thoughts.

I slept all night.

I never looked into teary eyes and cried.

I never got gloriously happy over a simple little grin.

I never sat up for hours watching a baby sleep.

I never felt my heart break into a million pieces when I couldn't stop the hurt.

I never knew that something so small could affect my life so much.

I never knew that I could love someone so much.

I never knew I would love being a Mom.

Before I was a Mom - I didn't know the feeling of having my heart outside my body.

I didn't know that bond between a mother and her child.

I didn't know that something so small could make me feel so important and happy.

I had never known the warmth, The joy, The love, The heartache, The wonderment or the satisfaction of being a Mom.

I didn't know I was capable of feeling so much before I was a Mom.

Share this with the awesome, beautiful, inspiring moms you know....I just did.

And remember that behind every successful mother... Is a basket of dirty laundry!!

Have a Scent-Sational Day!