Thoughts

Tonight I am sitting at the table with Aaron as he studies homework. I am looking at everything he is learning and I don't have much of a clue what he is studying. I want to say it makes me feel stupid but it doesn't. I could learn these things if I had to. Anyway it got me thinking, what do I know? My professional skill set is well, rather limited. I have half a teaching degree with absolutely no desire to be a teacher. I also have limited work experience. I have every intention of finishing my degree, but I don't know in what. I love school. I love learning and get a little rush when I get a good grade. I keep having to tell myself that there is a time and a season to our lives and right now my biggest job is learning how to be a mother and raising decent little people. As I sit here I am trying to compare my skill set as a mother and caregiver to Aaron's as a father and provider. Both different, both essential. It's just so common to diminish what a woman does when she chooses to stay home with her kids. I may not know what size bolt or belt is needed to fix a problem in a car. Or a great number of thing that are required to make money. But I do know that Daisy doesn't like tomatoes, that bristle brushes don't get tangled hair out, or that Daisy is a happier girl when I give her lots of hugs and kisses. Or that Rockwell needs to avoid whole milk, and he likes to sleep with two blankets not just one, or that he loves the toilet and I need to make sure he doesn't fall in. Or that he won't take medicine unless the dropper is put in on the side of his mouth. My skills are not complex, I don't need to memorize the names of medications, or figure out formulas. I just do all the little things and right now that is all I need to do.