We get discouraged; we get discontent. Why? We don't see motherhood for what it is.
I love this Anne quote by L.M. Montgomery. Someone was probing Anne about her writing career being left behind and she gracefully stated, "I'm writing living epistles now."
That's what we mommies are doing every day, writing living epistles. Making true disciples. Ministering life into growing lives. Planting and watering seeds. It's a lot like farming... a lot like writing... a lot like ministry... and so much more.