Is it hard to be Mom?

"Is it hard to be Mom?" my son asked me today Harder than you'll ever know is what I think to myself, out loud: "Only when your naughty so don't be naughty okay?" "Okay" Being mom is hard, every mom knows this and it doesn't end when they grow up and leave the house. Being a single mom has twice the struggles. My little man is slowly seeing my struggles and beginning to understand. There is only one of me and a big house with lots of chores, from yard work to laundry, carpentry to scrubbing toilets; I do it all. He sees this now and wants to help sometimes. Other times I have to coax him. The pride in is eyes when I tell him he's done a good job helping mom and how much it means to me make every trivial moment worth it. Every struggle is rewarded with that smile, that love. Yes being mom is hard, worrying about what will happen if I just run down stairs while he's out in the yard. What will happen if I don't wake up when he does. Did I lock the doors? Are the windows closed? Did I turn off the oven? The space heater? But every day I wake up to that precious face and say THANK YOU! for my beautiful blessing. He's everything I ever wanted and then some. They say the best things in life don't come easy and I agree.