tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8811689877706811038.post3656424789979204682..comments2023-10-06T09:49:43.464-04:00Comments on Tales from a Stay at Home Mom: Who Are We?Tammyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00028599711861265712noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8811689877706811038.post-23277300181953919742009-05-17T18:36:00.000-04:002009-05-17T18:36:00.000-04:00Thanks for the comments! I really am content with...Thanks for the comments! I really am content with my place in life right now-just sharing some thoughts that I figured a lot of moms feel.Tammyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00028599711861265712noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8811689877706811038.post-10310979483665596082009-05-16T12:48:00.000-04:002009-05-16T12:48:00.000-04:00Just wanted to share some perspective from the gra...Just wanted to share some perspective from the grass on the other side:<br /><br />As a working mom who is struggling to keep it all together, I want to help you love and appreciate the opportunity you have to stay at home. It's a blessing! I can totally see how it would be hard to maintain identity separate from being a mom - it's one of the reasons I chose to work - but your identity is still there. This time at home with your kids is so short compared with the rest of our lives. Before we know it, they'll be at school most of the day, not wanting much to do with us, and we'll have more than enough time "find" ourselves again. This is only a season, and a short one at that.<br /><br />It's interesting to hear that stay-at-home moms feel undervalued within the Church, because I feel the same way being on the other side. I often feel judged for choosing NOT to stay at home. Like I value money and things and extrenal identity over my time with Caroline. All the mom groups talk about is stay-at-home stuff, which leaves me unable to connect!<br /><br />Thanks for sharing this, as it reminds me that we all struggle with different things and need to encourage each other and not judge. God has a different plan for each one of us and no one is better or worse than another.Elizabethhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11235748474038674879noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8811689877706811038.post-53013674617930200682009-05-16T09:03:00.000-04:002009-05-16T09:03:00.000-04:00Tammy-
I agree with your mom!!! It may not seem li...Tammy-<br />I agree with your mom!!! It may not seem like it right now but you are doing the most important job God could ever give anyone!! You are most valuable and important in your kids eyes and in the rest of the family! I respect your decision to stay home and raise happy healthy little ones and would have been disappointed to see you put them in daycare. God does have a plan and we are all doing our part especially when it seems that we are not. I think the "down times" are when God is most active. A Mom who loves the Lord is the greatest gift your children could ever receive.<br />Jeff and I think you and Nick are doing a fantastic job raising your children and pray for you everyday!<br />Love, ChristiAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8811689877706811038.post-50522485583086273302009-05-16T07:58:00.000-04:002009-05-16T07:58:00.000-04:00I think every Mom has felt that way, especially to...I think every Mom has felt that way, especially today when most Moms work and where the world and sometimes the "christians" around you value prestige, jobs, ect. I once had a "friend" ask me if I didn't feel I was just wasting my life, being home with you guys. I know you know this, but looking back later in your life you will be glad of the choices you and Nick have made about this. NOTHING can take the place of Mom ( or Dad) actually raising their children. The sometimes tedious, frustrating time spent with kids when the outside world (and money) looks so good. I think too of how frustrating it must be to God to deal with us and how much easier it would be for Him to just forget it!! I know you know this- just wanted to leave a comment as I am going through the goodbye ( at Home) stage and wouldn't have changed anything. At one point I turned down a post office job right after Billy was born and the money was so tempting and everything would have been so much easier even now if I had taken it, but neither of us is sorry even now about that. God sees and understands and your Mommy prays for you all every day!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com