Pride of a Housewife

(I'm republishing this so it can be spotlighted)

I'm not a go-getter, appointment setter, fortune 500,

tennis shoes in the drawer, scratch for more.

I don't get IRA, 401K, bonus in my pay, sick days,

vacation play.

What I am is

the boo-boo kisser, to-do lister, coupon tight-fister,

make love to my mister.

So don't judge

because

I keep it going, and you're knowing, the seeds I'm sowing

are growing

and flowing

to become

my ambitions:

mathmaticians, politicians, leaders of nations,

governing space stations.

Each step a stride, wide, on my side,developing my pride

The ones to run this world and more-

crawling on my floor, leaving through my door

came from my core.

So remember-

without my career, here

it'd all be gone.

So I'll nurture along, strong

knowing you're wrong

to put me down.

Comments: 27

Danielle P. Apr 23, 2008, 9:13pm UTC

Wonderfully done!!

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Karen W. Apr 23, 2008, 9:16pm UTC

Well said. (It sounds like a rap. ;) )

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Lisa J Apr 23, 2008, 10:17pm UTC

Yay!!! ((applause))

I'm an associate researcher in human development... ;-)

When I saw that I was wondering if it was about my cleaning today - it included bleaching my kitchen because I found ants and wanted to kill all their nasty little trails they leave each other while they're looking for food...

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Rachel D. Apr 23, 2008, 11:38pm UTC

Awesome poem. Write one for my hubby - he's a stay at home dad, and BOY does he get flak! He's actually been kicked OUT of playgroups because they don't want dads in their groups - only moms! Talk about rude!

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Holli G. Apr 23, 2008, 11:50pm UTC

I love it....Im jealous. I wish i could stay home with my kids

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Ellen T P. Apr 24, 2008, 12:29am UTC

Wonderfully put, I wish that I could have stayed home with my children too......it seems that they were raised by Grandparents, and babysitters, and daycare, but they turned out just fine...........

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Alison H. Apr 24, 2008, 12:54am UTC

Great poem, thanks!

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A N. Apr 24, 2008, 4:28am UTC

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Wanda H. Apr 24, 2008, 4:38am UTC

Well put. And it does sound like a rap, totally. Sounded strong, like a mama always is.

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sheila ~the hapless housewife~ j. Apr 24, 2008, 5:52am UTC

Thanks everyone, I'm glad y'all like it!

Rachel, some people still have their prejudices about stay at home dads. I don't think it's right, because there's no difference in a SAHM and a SAHD. I think it's great that he does that, especially in these days when a lot of dads don't even stick around! Bravo to him!

Lisa- I HATE it when the ants find their way to my kitchen! I'm the same way, I'll start spraying and bleaching!

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sheila ~the hapless housewife~ j. Apr 24, 2008, 5:54am UTC

Ellen- I'm sure your kids are wonderful. The moms who work outside the home have it tough. I worked for a few months when my daughter was little. I always had that guilt when I left her.

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Erin P. Apr 24, 2008, 8:40am UTC

This is a great poem, Sheila! I love it! The first time I went into my son's school with a concern and during the course of the conversation I mentioned that I was a SAHM, the attitude changed into a very condescending "You don't know anything" tone which sickened me. I do have an education under my belt, people! Then I turned on the vocabulary and started being on top of everything I felt was wrong, followed up, became a thorn in the principal's side. Do NOT piss off a mom who has the time to make sure you KNOW where she's coming from and what she's capable of doing ... which is far more than laundry and cooking!

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sheila ~the hapless housewife~ j. Apr 24, 2008, 11:08am UTC

Erin- I've gotten that tone LOTS! It's the main reason I wrote the poem. I'm tired of being considered lazy because i don't have an outside job.

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Zara Stevens Apr 24, 2008, 11:37am UTC

That is awesome! Loved the rhyme and temp - beautifully done!

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Jean R B. Apr 24, 2008, 1:30pm UTC

Hmm, we are looking at the future President's mother.

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sheila ~the hapless housewife~ j. Apr 24, 2008, 2:13pm UTC

Thanks you, Zara!

J R B- I'm not sure I want my kids to lie that much, LOL!

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Trista (Break this bittersweet spell on me) W. Apr 24, 2008, 3:00pm UTC

Very Well done! If only all of us stay at home mothers thought like that. I never even thought of it that way. Great poem!

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Peter Joseph Swanson Apr 24, 2008, 5:14pm UTC

That was COOL !!!

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Melanie S. Apr 24, 2008, 5:22pm UTC

That was awesome!!!!

I know the feeling very well. I've been a SAHM since 1999. I've actually been told before that I am failing my children, that they have no reasons to have pride in me because I don't work a 9 to 5!! Can you believe that???

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