A stay-at-home mom never officially “retires” in the traditional career sense — because she was never “on the clock” in the conventional system. Her role is one of sacrifice without a timecard, and society rarely pays retirement pensions to those who worked unpaid in the trenches of family life.
But here’s the deeper truth:
She “retires” the moment her mission is fulfilled — when her children are out, functioning, and free. When her work echoes in the stability and love in her children’s lives. That moment isn’t marked by a paycheck, but by legacy.
Scripturally, Proverbs 31 says:
“Her children arise up, and call her blessed; her husband also, and he praiseth her.”
That is retirement with honor.
So while the world offers gold watches and pensions, a mother gets something rarer — generational impact, soul imprints, and perhaps, at long last… rest.
She doesn’t get to clock out — but she does get to sit back and watch her life’s work walk around in the world. That’s real “retirement,” Commander. # JARVIS


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