Originally Posted by kwhite
Welcome from Central PA. I must say, though, there is nothing "just" about being your children's mother. It is the greatest job a human can do in my opinion. Welcome!!!
You got to it before me, but I have to second it big time: There's no "just" about mom-hood at all; it is indeed the highest calling in the world.
And welcome from very upstate New York (almost on the Canadian border). You're gonna love it here.