Scrapbook Challenge: PS Pages - Layout 3

"Mother" Layout design by Jennifer Schmidt

Journaling Reads: "Wow! It has been almost nine years of Motherhood. Nine years and five children later I can honestly say I love this job. I almost can't believe it has been so long. It seems like just yesterday that I brought Elizabeth home from the hospital. I always imagined myself having a career after college, so it is sometimes hard to see myself as a stay-at-home mom. But I love what I do, and I think this is for me "the hardest job I will ever love." I am wife first, mom second; but also housekeeper, nurse, teacher, chauffer, personal shopper, artist, author, and historian.
One of the most challenging aspects of motherhood is the hours, 24 hours a day, 7 days a week. Sick days? What are those? You must be thinking of the days when the kids are sick, when I am on duty all day and night. Vacation days? I am amazed that often after I get home from "vacation" I am more tired than when we leave.
The perks are the best. I often get to work the whole day in my pajamas. (Well yes that is because I didn't have time to shower and change.) I do get kisses and hugs all day long. (Well yes they are often wet and sticky.) I get variety. (One thing about this job is it never boring.) I get to juggle. (Well it is often more than one task at a time.) I am loved completely. When my daughters are asked what they want to be when they grow up, they say they want to be like mom (a mother, a teacher and an artist.) There couldn't be any higher praise.

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