Touch Your Nose If You Are Listening!

The title of this post comes from a phrase I used when working with little children. I still feel like shouting this today. Being a stay at home mom can be really great, but it can also be really lonely and isolating.  Whenever I get asked by others what I do for a living I tell them I stay at home with my kids...and that is usually where the conversation ends. Have you ever noticed that? No one asks what all I do or how I feel about my job - yes this is a job. Sometimes I try to talk about something other than my kids or sweatpants and my opinions don't seem to matter or somehow less informed because I am not in the workforce. It sucks to feel like no one is listening to what you have to say or that what you are saying isn't interesting. So please, next time a mom speaks up, listen to her. Ask her about herself, what she thinks about the upcoming election (we're all going to die!), brainstorm ideas about how to help the refugee crisis, or ways to save money (we know so, so many). She'll try to keep the talk about poop to a minimum.