A Mom's Salary

Last night on the news, they talked about how much a mom's salary would be. They took into account all aspects of being a mom (cooking, cleaning, babysitting, etc.). They even had it figured at forty hours a week with fifty-two hours of overtime included. The final total came to about $137,000. Personally I thought it was a little low, but who am I to complain. The whole time I was thinking, "yeah, that would be nice to get paid for being a mom." But I realized that I do get paid for being a mom, only not in dollars. The ways that I get paid are in a two month old's smile, a big hug from a 17 month old, a snuggle on the couch as we read a book, a big smile as we play, reaching arms from a toddler just needing his mom. If I take into consideration all of these "payments", than I am much richer than getting paid any amount of money someone thinks a mom should make. Although, I wouldn't complain if someone wrote me a check! ;-)