I am my Kids mom and my Husband's wife

Lately I've been listening to Dr. Laura alot... it all started when Gary put an XM radio in my car and her radio program is on during the hours I usually go out and do my errands. Of course I was addicted to her right away! I went to her website and found that she can be "streamed" online for about $3 a month... so I signed up for it and now I can listen to her show even when I'm not in the car. She is soooooo "right" (pun intended) in her advice, it's not even funny. Andrew has even gotten into it. As soon as I pick him up from school, he immediately turns to Dr. Laura if I don't have her on already... unfortunately she goes off the air about 10 minutes after picking the kids up from school, but Andrew really relishes in those 10 minutes of her doling out advice.

One of Dr. Laura's big beliefs is that either a mom or dad should be home with the kids until they are 18, no exceptions. I couldn't agree more and it's so refreshing (and rare) for a woman of her stature and level of education to advocate women staying home with their kids. She encourages women to be their "kid's mom and husband's wife" and it's nice to have another moniker besides "stay at home mom" which always makes it sound like all we do is, well, stay at home while great things happen in the world around us.

So I wanted to take a minute to salute all of the other great women who I know who have chosen to put aside their own careers and earning power and instead choose to be present each day when their kids come home from school, to personally help them with their homework, to be a sounding board for their husband when he is having a hard day, and to cook dinner for the entire family and enjoy a meal where everyone sits down and eats together.