Motherhood
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Busy? It’s Okay Not To Be
I noticed a thing early on in my marriage-hood and mother-hood. Since I didn’t work outside of the house, the home and the kids were my job. And so, when I’m in my house, and there are kids in the house, I should be “working”. The house doesn’t sleep, the kids barely sleep, so my job was 24/7. So, I should be busy all the time. Right? I should always be doing something. There should always be something on my to-do list. While there may always be something on the list, does that mean I have to be doing it? I saw in the world, media and even my church…
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What I Want To Be When I Grow Up
In the second grade, I wrote the all important essay on what I wanted to be when I grew up. On a brown piece of wide lined paper, in pencil, I wrote: “When I grow up I want to be a hair stylist and make $25 a week. If that doesn’t work out I guess I’ll be a plain old mom.” Well, guess what? The hairstylist thing didn’t come to fruition and I turned out to be a plain old mom. Being a mom was always HUGE on my list of what I wanted to be. And I knew when I had kids, I wanted to stay home with them.…