"Mommy brings home the bacon"

When I went back to work after I had my daugter in 2006, I was hit with a huge guilt of leaving her in someone else's care. After my son was born in 2008, not a whole lot of guilt but I felt sadness. After my kids turned 1 and 3, I started a new job in an office setting and felt that I was away a lot more from home, than I was when I taught preschool aged kids. I went from working 8 hour days to working 9 hour days and spending some of my Saturdays recruiting at career fairs for up to 12 hours. As I was away a lot more, I found myself pondering a lot and feeling guilty about being gone more. The kids would get upset and irritable easily with my husband. I found myself surfing the internet trying to find a happy medium to accomodate us all as a working mom/ wife.  I came across this book "Mommy brings home the bacon", so I ordered it and it came in the mail. I pulled it out of its packaging and sat down and read it to myself after the kids had gone to bed as I do with all books before reading them to my children. I thought it was the greatest book ever invented! It is a heartwarming children’s book that explores the touching relationship between a young boy and his working mom. Told from the young boy’s perspective, the whimsical narrative reflects a child’s imaginative interpretation of why mommy goes to work, and the beautiful bond that develops as a result. It fosters a child’s appreciation for a working mother, while simultaneously easing the minds of moms who balance the difficult responsibilities of financially supporting their household and raising the children they so dearly love.

The next evening, I read it to my children. Oh boy, did they have the giggles when they heard that mom brings bacon (the eating kind) home. We read the book and chuckled as we turned each page. Since then it has been our evening read and since my daughter was 3 now going on 6, she draws me pictures to send with me to work so that I can hang them on my walls to remind me of her. My son going on 4 years old just recently started drawing pictures for me to bring and hang on my walls at work. I love the daily reminders of their pictures they put time and effort in too, just for me! My reminder of how much they love "Momma's who bring home bacon!"