If you’re a long-time reader here (thank you!), then you know how I feel about Mom staying home whenever possible. I so appreciate this post from Tara, exposing her heart and sharing her perspective on coming home. ******* I didn’t plan on getting married. I didn’t plan on having children. After meeting my husband and [...]
Planning to Stay Home with Baby
June 20, 2010
I’ve heard this one a lot. It goes right along with “You’re so lucky to be at home” and “There’s no way we could afford for me to stay home with my children.” Why didn’t anyone tell me I’d want to stay home with my baby? I know that in this day and age, it [...]
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Mommy, Come Home: Your Turn (with a Giveaway)
October 5, 2009
Gracious. Encouraging. Enthusiastic. That’s you! Thank you, thank you for riding along the Mommy, Come Home journey with me! I started this series in June, after much prayer and counsel from friends. It was with trepidation that I wrote the first post, carefully choosing my words so that no mom would feel bad about doing [...]
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Mommy, Come Home: What do You Say?
September 28, 2009
You can read the rest of the Mommy, Come Home series here. If you haven’t seen the look or received the (sometimes) well-intended comments, you will. “You’re so lucky to be at home.” “It must be nice.” How do you respond? Me? Sometimes I really want to launch into a litany of all the material [...]
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Mommy, Come Home: On Purpose
September 22, 2009
The rest of the Mommy, Come Home series can be found here. A few weeks ago I left a comment on AmyLynne’s post about setting up her classroom: I shouldn’t have clicked over here. I loved getting my classroom ready every year. Such promise in a bright, clean classroom! It wasn’t until she replied to [...]
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