By Sue Anganes

I have heard the remark many times while in the check-out line at Market Basket:

“Are you having a party?”

“Everyday is a party,” I would reply smiling (but somewhat sarcastically), looking at the mountain of food that I was purchasing to feed my husband and six kids, knowing I had to haul it all home and put it away.

When I took on this mothering job twenty-seven years ago, I never knew how much work it would be. Would I have traded it for any other job if I had known how exhausting it would be? The answer is a definite “No!”

I love being a mom.

Here’s a picture I “borrowed” off of Facebook. I think it sums up what most of us feel sometimes.