I think the trend to think down about being a homemaker is slowly going away and coming back around to be viewed as a good thing, but for those who don't know, it is no small task to be a mom, a wife, and to take charge of the home full time. I'm still new at it and I think it would be a vacation to go to work. I am blessed, though, truly, to have this time with my girls. My own mother worked two jobs most of my childhood so I didn't get to see what a stay-at-home-mom was to do. I am definately learning. To top it off I'm homeschooling my first grader. Talk about busy. I don't even get the luxury of having that morning time "off'. But even though it is trying at times and I feel like I'm not measuring up, I wouldn't have it any other way.