working mom dilema

Recently, I had the conversation of working mom vs. stay at home mom with some stay at home moms. Sometimes I feel as is there is a large bias against working moms, almost indicating that because I put my children in someone else's care during the day that I'm a bad mom and don't know my children as well as a I might if I stayed at home. I don't think these ideas are true at all and staying home "sick" yesterday with Delaney and Alison proved me right. I spend evenings and weekends with my daughters. I am the person that wakes them up in the morning and I am the person who puts them to bed at night. I read to the them, play with them, feed them, comfort them when they are sad, and I am part of their "firsts". I take them places other than our neighborhood. Yesterday, my girls were happy all day while I was home. They woke up and we played. We watched Sesame Street. They took a nap, had lunch, and then went to visit Carl at work. My girls giggled all day long and were even smiling when it was time to go to bed. It is clear to me that they treasure our time together just as much as I do. I love my daughters, but I also love my work. I think that I can have both!