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Mommy Come Home

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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Mommy, Come Home: Embrace Your Life as MOM

September 16, 2009

Catch up on the Mommy, Come Home series here. I loved my teaching job, and I think I was pretty good at it. The money (as far as teaching jobs go) was good, and I knew I was making a difference in the lives of many, many students. My transition from full-time to part-time-with-baby to [...]

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Mommy, Come Home: Are You Listening?

September 12, 2009

Read the rest of the Mommy, Come Home series here. Sometimes God whispers. Sometimes he speaks loud and clear. It’s not so much about His communication, but ours. Do we listen? Thankfully, I cannot relate to Jennifer’s situation. We are blessed with a fantastic tiny public school where our daughter is safe and happy. I [...]

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Mommy, Come Home: Caring for a Parent

September 9, 2009

You can catch up on the rest of the Mommy, Come Home series here. Families make the decision for Mom to stay home for many reasons. For Susie, her children weren’t the only ones who needed her. Read on… I was working a job that I absolutely hated. It was bad for my self-esteem and [...]

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Mommy, Come Home: Gratitude for the Veteran SAHM

September 1, 2009

You can catch up on the rest of the Mommy, Come Home series here. …By their good example they must teach the younger women to love their husbands and children, to be sensible, chaste, busy at home… Titus 2: 4, 5 Today I am grateful for veteran moms. For all moms who care for the [...]

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Mommy, Come Home: Productivity

August 31, 2009

Catch up on the rest of the Mommy, Come Home series here. Schedule. Routine. Do you have them? Do you embrace them? In my ever-present quest to get organized, I’ve found that having a schedule and following a routine is a lifesaver! As a stay-at-home-mom, though, it’s not only the “we have to be here [...]

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Mommy, Come Home: Stay the Course

August 29, 2009

You can catch up on the Mommy, Come Home series here. I was very excited to hear from these next two ladies. In a season of life I have not yet reached, they shed some light on a topic I’ve been pondering a lot lately: what will I do when my children are all in [...]

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