Well! ..Hope that you, whoever is reading this, has had a fabulous day! This is finals week for me (totally stinks!) so my head is overflowing with accounting and diverse workforce information. Bear with me.. considering this is my first real post. :) In chapter one of Karol Ladd's book she talks about how we, as mothers have GREAT influence and that being a mother IS a job. Not a part-time or just when you have the time job, but a FULL time job. I will agree with Karol in saying that today's society does not always see the need for mothers (or fathers as well), and this is so untrue! I love this from the book, "mother describes not only what we do, but who we are." We chose the job of caring for our children. God would not have blessed us with anything so precious if he didn't think we could handle it. We might be doctors, nurses, secretaries, teachers, CEO's, etc., but nothing is as important as caring for a family. A year ago I was completely focused on starting my career as an event planner. I knew what I wanted to do, how long it would take me to get there and what I needed to do to get there. Riley of course has completely changed my focus. Sure, I want to get done ASAP!!! I am ready for us to be able to get along by ourselves, but I also except the fact that things have happened that I cannot change which has slowed progress a little bit for us. I always swore up and down that I never wanted to be a stay at home mom. That was the worst thing I could imaging was being at home cleaning all day. Now of course I would looooove to be able to stay home with Roo at least for a few days out of the week. I get to do that now and I am dreading when I wont get to anymore. I love getting to do things with her and for her. There is nothing as rewarding as her giggling when we play in her tent, or when she runs and gives me a kiss out of the blue. Im sure all of you can understand :)
Below I am going to type up the 3 myths regarding mothers that Karol talks about in this first chapter. Maybe they will get you thinking!
"Myth #1: Genetics and Peer Pressure -- Not Mothers -- Influence Children Most"
"Myth #2: Motherhood Causes Women to Miss Out on the Exciting Things in Life"
"Myth #3: Being a Mother is a Waste of a Woman's Talents and Abilities"
Colossians 3:23 -- "Whatever you do, work at it with all your heart, as working for the Lord, not for men.
Lauren, keep up the blog! I'm very interested in reading it Keep posting it on FB so I know when you're written a new entry. I'm not exactly a "mom" but I am practically a step mom (we're just not married yet) to my boyfriend's son. I've helped raise him since he was 10 months so I've pretty much been here for his entire life. I'd love to continue reading!
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PS: this is my first time to ever read a blog on this website and I have no idea what the bottom part of the page is talking about where I have to put a profile URL or anything. So I'm just going to put anonymous lol