To work or not to work, that is the question...

I've been mulling this over in my head for the last 4 years.  Since before I was even married, I always knew that I would NOT be a working mother.  I always said I would stay home and raise my children so that someone else would not have to raise them for me.  Well my son is almost 3 and a half years old and before I know it he'll be in kindergarten and I won't be able to spend this kind of time with him again until he's graduated from high school.  And by then he'll be too cool for his old nagging Mom.  He won't want to be around me constantly like he does now.  I'll never get this time back...and if I was doing something I absolutely loved, then I'd work it into my life, but I don't love what I do, I like it, it pays the bills...but it's becoming quite evident that it's not worth the time I spend away from my son.  So I am hoping within the next three to six months, I've prepared our family enough to move from two incomes to one.  I know some people will think I'm crazy, especially during a time when employment is so difficult to come by...but my son means more to me than money, and every day I've walked out the door to go work I've been saying the exact opposite.  I wish that I could have it all, some women are cut out for it and to each his own, but me...I'm a mother...it's all I've ever wanted to be.  I know one day I'm going to blog about the stresses of being a stay at home Mom, but I'm going to love and enjoy every second of it.  When your doing something you love, it isn't work...I can't wait!