Category: Motherhood

 Welcome to our series, Motherhood: More than Meets the Eye, where until December 18th eight bloggers explore what the world of motherhood truly looks like and how even though each unique, we’re all on a mission! Please join us!

 

Let’s face it: not everyone can understand the choice women make to stay home with their children. Some can’t imagine life without heels and a briefcase. Others feel more complete when they’re behind a desk or negotiating multi-million-dollar deals.

Then there are those of us who, in ways we can’t always understand ourselves, like the cozy comforts of home and gladly trade in blazers and button-downs for Corduroy…the book. It may not be an easy choice, but it’s ours to make, and with a quiver of children in tow all screaming for “mommy”, it seems to make sense.

But what happens after the noses are wiped and kids go to school? Is staying home still a reasonable choice for women? Should mothers dig out the blazers and button-downs and resurrect their corporate identity? Does it go without saying that women should go back to work full-time when their children are no longer home? And if not…are we really okay with that?

In today’s post, The Unofficial Homeschooler discusses some of the emotions that surround the choice mothers must make after the coop is flown, and explains why staying home is still the best choice for her family. Please join Jane Graham HERE to continue reading…

Today’s post is written by Jane Graham of The Unofficial Homeschooler and Girl Meets Paper.

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Welcome to our series, Motherhood: More than Meets the Eye, where every Monday until December 18th eight bloggers explore what the world of motherhood truly looks like and how even though each unique, we’re all on a mission! Please join us!

Being a work at home mom presents many challenges. It’s a blessing most definitely, being able to care for my toddler while earning a little income on the side from the comforts of my own home, but it takes a lot of intentionality and discipline to make it work.

When people find out that I stay home full time caring for an almost two year old, co-own an online Women’s ministry, run multiple websites, write eBooks, and still manage to have any sort of social life they inevitably ask me, “How do you do it all?”

Well, duh! I don’t, but what I do manage to get done I manage by the grace of God, no doubt! Let me share some nuggets of advice that I think will help you manage being a work-at-home-mom. Read more here!

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 Welcome to our series, Motherhood: More than Meets the Eye, where every Monday until December 18th eight bloggers explore what the world of motherhood truly looks like and how even though each unique, we’re all on a mission! Please join us!

I recently wrote about my very busy day and how at this time in my life, whether I want to or not, I am  called to be a help-meet to my husband, surrendering to God and sometimes do what in my heart I don’t want to for a season.

But what if it’s not my dream? How do I not get resentful? How do I fully trust God? Why God?

All these, questions flutter through my mind from time to time.

You see, it’s not at simple as you are a mom, you should just stay home for some of us. Some of us make it work through hard financial circumstances, or even leave careers, but sometimes we have no choice. We have to work. It is what God has called us to do at this moment in time.

I hope you’ll join me over at day2day joys today where I’ll share a bit about my journey!

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 Welcome to our series, Motherhood: More than Meets the Eye, where until December 18th eight bloggers explore what the world of motherhood truly looks like and how even though each unique, we’re all on a mission! Please join us!

What makes a woman earning six figures a year walk away from her career to stay at home full time?

A dream.
Love.
Maybe a touch of insanity…
I wish I could tell you that I was really organized in my pursuit of stay-at-home motherhood, but I wasn’t. I read a couple of books on being a stay-at-home mom. I read a couple of blogs. I discounted half of what I read because I didn’t like what they had to say.
My decision-making process was emotionally charged, volatile even, and went kind of like this:

I’ve dreamt all my life of owning a farm on top of a mountain and raising my children there. I can do that. It will be easy – serene and gratifying.I will have so much more free time – I can finally work on that scrapbook of our wedding and concentrate on working out and losing weight.I love my daughter SO MUCH. I HATE leaving her at daycare while I go to work. When I am at home I can spend all day with her – playing with her, teaching her, loving her. It will be amazing.My husband can make the mortgage payment.Cool.I QUIT.

Oh wow. Today I laugh so hard at myself that I could cry.
Come join me over at “From Cube to Farm” so that I can share with you a little of my journey, how I fared and what I learned…

Heather Bryant

Heather Bryant is a Christian, devoted wife, mother and author. Although she had a career at the intersection of finance and technology, Heather now stays home on a farm to raise her children full-time.
Heather recently published her first book, “From Cube to Farm: Surviving and Thriving as a Stay-at-Home Mom.” Heather’s website and blog are also dedicated to supporting and encouraging stay-at-home moms.

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Welcome to our series, Motherhood: More than Meets the Eye, where every Monday until December 18th eight bloggers explore what the world of motherhood truly looks like and how even though each unique, we’re all on a mission! Please join us!

I thought I had it all figured out. I was going to have my baby and then, once I was recovered and refreshed, I would head back to work.
Boy was I in for a surprise!
Sister, just because we stay at home doesn’t mean we aren’t working our heineys off. It is hard. Really hard. And so is the decision to commit to staying home!

The decision to actually stay at home didn’t happen overnight, but it didn’t take much time to see why I needed to stay home.

How was I to train my children in the way they should go if I wasn’t home? I was perplexed…join me, Nikki, over at Christian Mommy Blogger where I share the reasons and motivation behind leaving my “real” job for a really big job!

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 Welcome to our series, Motherhood: More than Meets the Eye, where week until December 18th eight bloggers explore what the world of motherhood truly looks like and how even though each unique, we’re all on a mission! Please join us!

By Erin Odom of The Humbled Homemaker

There was never a doubt in my mind that I would be a stay-at-home mom. Oh, I prepared for a career, but once my babies arrived, I knew I wanted to be with them 24/7.

But our hopes and our dreams are not always reality. And when my first baby arrived in June 2008, staying at home was not a choice. My husband was in seminary at the time, and I was supporting our family.

I’ll never forget leaving my 6-week-old newborn in her swing the first morning I left for work. My friend Lexie had come over to watch her. And saying goodbye to my sweet little babe tore at my heart.

Hop on over to The Humbled Homemaker to read the rest of this post!

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