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 Penny's
SAHM Journal
June 29, 2006
Momma's
Home
A discussion about stay-at-home parenting
Deciding to become a stay-at-home mom
was never a difficult decision-making
process for me. Really, it was never any
question in my mind; I just knew I would
be a SAHM when my child was born. I knew
this as naturally as I knew I would breastfeed
my baby.
It certainly wasn't an overflow of money
that made the stay-at-home mom decision
easy for me. The way I see it, it could
only have been a deep faith that gave
me confidence that this was just what
I was supposed to do and that it would
work out precisely as God had designed
it to.
Ten years later, I'm still "blending
my two favorite things" -- the words
I told a newspaper reporter who interviewed
me back in 2002 about my roles as a stay-at-home
mother and freelance writer. In that interview,
I said: "My decision to be a stay-at-home
mother was one that came quite naturally
for me...........I have learned that a
strong desire to perform this unique job,
combined with patience, creativity and
flexibility, can make stay-at-home parenting
as exciting and meaningful as those jobs
typically believed to be the most rewarding."
Cynthia,
a mother who recently read and enjoyed
my stay-at-home mom journal, shared her
thoughts with me about stay-at-home parenting.
She said:
"I
am an at-home mother who is discouraged
by the bad press we've been getting
lately. So many people are saying that
it doesn’t matter whether or not
a mom works outside the home. Well,
I need to be there for my kids way more
than working full-time will allow. They
don’t understand many of the benefits.
As one who has done both, I know it
does matter! My kids and I have both
benefited. I hope the media stops its
negative portrayals of at-home moms
and starts seeing us for who we really
are -- committed to our jobs and willing
to take full responsibility. This is
a
job we don't want to delegate."
What
are your thoughts? Please e-mail them
to me at Momtoaboy@aol.com
and then I will create a post highlighting
readers' opinions.
It'll be fun! Waiting to hear from you...
In
Motherhood,
Penny
6/29/06
Momtoaboy@aol.com
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