Working mother's guilt

I love my daughter.
Please know that for sure.
Nothing will ever change that.
I would spend every waking moment with her, if it was possible.

And this evening, I got the working mom's guilt trip.

I was getting my daughter ready for bed, after her shower, and she just lost it.
She asks me what we were going to do tomorrow. I told her that I needed to go to work.
Well, I've been with her since last Tuesday because of the holiday so she got used to me being around.
She told me that I can't go to work. That I needed to stay at home with her, since she's not in school herself.
The tears just wouldn't stop. I thought that she was playing at first, but then I realized that she was actually crying because she was hurt that I wasn't going to be with her tomorrow.
Mind you, she will be with her father tomorrow but she just didn't want to hear that.

I understand that since she's off of school, she wants me to be with her... so I ask her what happens to me when she goes to school. She told me that I'm supposed to take her and pick her up from school.

How was I supposed to react to my little girl crying about me going to work and not being with her?
It was so hard to calm her down. To let get know that I will be back right after work to be with her. That she'll be with her daddy while I go to work. No... she said that I need to stay with her.

I would love to stay home with her.
I was lucky enough to have my mom at home, growing up. But unfortunately, things aren't the same as they were 30+ years ago. You were able to move ahead with just one person in the house working. But now? Nope! You need the two incomes to get ahead.

Hopefully one day I will be able to stay home and be the stay at home mom that my daughter wants me to be... to be able to take her and pick her up from school. To be that mom that is there for every single thing at school.

But for now, I will take any and all time that I can with her.
Helping her brush her teeth correctly.
Reading to her at night - or any time of the day - right before she goes to sleep.
Play with her and her new doll house.
Watch her dance to all the pop music videos that her little heart desires.
Watch her sing along - in her own way - to all the songs she loves.
And everything and anything she wants to do.
I love my little girl so much.
I'm so blessed to have this little girl in my life.