Why Work and raise kids...while married?

I have been working on figuring out and trying to relate to other working moms. When I was looking at starting a blog and finding blogs to read, I did not find one woman that was blogging that worked full time, was married, and had kids.

Most women who were blogging were at home with their kids, for one reason or another. If they were at home mom's they were married. If they were working moms, it was because the dad wasn't in the picture or they were, only working till their husband went back to work or while their husband was in school and were counting the days till they could be at home with their kids full time.

Are there other working moms out there that work on purpose??

I work on purpose. Work keeps me sane when everything else is chaotic. I like getting a paycheck every two weeks. I like the benefits, the bonuses, the pat on the backs for a job well done. I like having adult conversations, hearing about office drama, I enjoy having 45 mins lunches and two 15 breaks that I can go for a walk, read, listen to music, check social media, email, talk on the phone, ect. I know what I am supposed to do everyday, I come in do my job and go home. Some day's I stay emotionally attached to what is going on, but most of the time I can drop it and sleep at night.

There are some challenges within marriage...I make more with bonuses and benefits. That causes my man as it does most men the frustration of knowing that I can take care of myself. That is also something he doesn't have to worry about though. My hubby takes care of me, provides for our family, protects us, and is the Head of our House is so many different ways.

This leads me to talk about my kids. I have talked about this before....a few times. Needless to say, my kids would not be who they are today without my Mama Nanny. I believe there is value in having multiple people helping to raise my kids. It does take a village....Thank you Mrs Clinton!!

Working means though that I need to organize to keep the house clean, clothes available to wear, and food available and ready to eat. How do we do it??

Well, we are not lazy people and our kids do chores. We have a very strict schedule on weekdays and we relax and do most of our socializing on the weekends. We have a menu, we shop for the menu weekly, we clean on the weekend, and do a load of laundry a day. I think we do two to three loads of dishes on the weekends, and a load of dishes a day, two when we had an infant. It isn't easy by any means, but it works. I don't think people know what they can do till they are forced to do it. I have worked since I was 10 years old, and I don't plan to stop working anytime soon. I am a blue collar, Union participant, and I work hard and well. I wouldn't do it any other way.

I just saw this video on Thursday- 3/08/2015 and I actually teared up. Check it out....

https://www.facebook.com/video.php?v=891588640861740&video_source=pages_finch_main_video