Good For Me

When you work in a garden day in and day out, you get to listen to a lot of stuff on your iPod. I have listened to conference a couple of times and all my music LOTS of times, and so, I needed a change and turned on my church music... in the middle of the week. And I heard this song that I seriously love. It's called "Good for Me" by Katherine Nelson. I can't find a good video of it on the internet and it costs money if you want to hear the whole thing and can't find it on YouTube. But I can post the lyrics.

Maybe I was young 
I didn’t know what I was in for 
You say I’m doing life all wrong 
Like I’ve never heard that before 
Well don’t go asking me to clip my wings 
Or say I’ve won a losing fight 
Cause my babies kiss me every morning 
And I love my husband every night 

Here’s to courageous women out there in shiny shoes and business suits 
Good for you 
But hats off to the women in the kitchen who run the world 
Raising boys and girls 
All the broken nails 
Laundry to my knees 
Every bed I make 
Dishes in the sink 
Oh life is sweet 
In my little dream 
So Good for me 

I’m not asking your permission 
No talk-show host will change my mind 
Some make their peace with independence 
I find my own at dinnertime 
When all around the table 
I see every face and every hand 
And I thank the God above us 
Cause all I want is where I am 

(Chorus) 

When it’s all too much don’t give up 
Just close your eyes and soak it up 

(Chorus) 

I love this song. When I grow up, my goal is to be a good mom. I have a wonderful mom that was always home with me and I really appreciate her and look up to her and want to be just like her. I admire working moms and I admire stay at home moms. I just think that a lot of the times Stay-at-Home-Mom's get looked down on a little. I have felt that at times. A girl in my ward last year at school has big goals to be a nurse and I admire her for that, but when she asked me what I wanted to be and I said a Mom, I saw the look on her face and could tell she thought that was a lame goal. I felt like I had to justify myself to her. I don't think I have to. Being a Mom is a big job and a big responsibility, and it's what I want to do. Now don't get me wrong. I'm not anxious to get married and get started on my family. I want to finish my schooling so that if the times comes that I need to work outside of the home to help make ends meet at home, I can and will, but I've chosen a career path that will hopefully allow me to be home with my kids when they're home and gone when they're at school. I just think it's important for me to be home and raising my family. I want it and I hope that I'll be able to listen to this song and really believe what it says. That I'll have an attitude of Good for me for being here with my kids. Good for those women out there that are working hard, and good for me at home working hard.