The Worth of Mothers

I've always felt that women are one of God's greater gifts to the world. My own mom helped me develop that conviction, and Suzanne continues that for me in her role as both wife and mother. She has a lucky husband, and lucky kids. For my birthday, she made this lovely jello for me.



The rage these days is to put something inside the jello - I'm not a big jello fan, but this was the best ever. She had the receipt for a book I'd begged her for - Michael Yon's new Moment of Truth in Iraq. More on this book in a later post - fascinating. I recommend it.

Have you ever wondered what it would take to replace your mother? or if she were compensated, what would your wife or mother make as an hourly wage? That's the business of the folks at Salary.com, they've done such studies. You would be astounded at how much they figured your stay-at-home wife/mother should be compensated. Don't tell Suzanne! I'll try to keep her happy with my grouchy self and yelling kids, late nights and early mornings. Maybe an occasional 'thank you', and half-hearted gratitude on one day a year.

Mothers - how do you do it? We are grateful. Some could put a dollar sign to it; my personal experience has always been - priceless.