Women Are Salt

✨ A brilliant response from a young mom to the question: “So what did you do all day?”

Most stay-at-home moms and homemakers have heard it:
“You’ve been home all day, and the house isn’t spotless?”
“What do you even do all day?”

It’s the kind of question that stings. Many women feel like snapping back. But one mom online gave a calm, powerful answer that turned into a manifesto for mothers everywhere—and went viral.

She framed it as a conversation between a husband (H) and a psychologist (P).

P: What do you do for a living, Mr. Rogers?
H: I’m a banker.
P: And your wife?
H: She doesn’t work. She’s a homemaker.
P: Who makes breakfast for your family?
H: My wife, of course. She doesn’t work.
P: What time does she wake up?
H: Early. She has to: get the kids up and dressed, make sure they eat, brush their teeth, pack their bags. She nurses the baby, changes diapers, makes lunches.
P: Who takes the kids to school?
H: My wife. She doesn’t work.
P: And after that?
H: She runs errands, pays bills, grabs groceries, sometimes has to go back out if she forgot something. Then she feeds the baby, changes more diapers, puts the baby down for a nap, cleans the kitchen, starts laundry, tidies the house… you know, because she “doesn’t work.”
P: And when you get home?
H: I relax, obviously. I’ve had a long day at the bank.
P: And your wife?
H: She makes dinner, feeds the kids, does the dishes, cleans up, makes sure the dog gets walked, helps with homework, gets the kids bathed and ready for bed, gives them warm milk, tucks them in. Then she’s up through the night nursing the baby and changing diapers. But remember—she doesn’t have to get up for work in the morning.

That’s the daily life of millions of women around the world. It starts at dawn and ends long after midnight. And somehow, it’s called “not working.”

Homemakers don’t get diplomas for it, but they hold families together. Their sacrifices are priceless.

When asked: “Do you work, or are you just a homemaker?”
She answered:

“I work 24/7. I’m a wife, a mom, a daughter, a nurse, a teacher, a cook, a maid, a babysitter, a driver, a therapist, a counselor, a security guard, and more. I don’t get sick days or vacation. I don’t get paid. But I still get asked, ‘So what do you do all day?’”

💌 Dedicated to all the women who pour their lives into their families.

A woman is like salt—her presence is often taken for granted, but without her, nothing has flavor.