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living on one income

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 things we’ve [...]

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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: 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 [...]

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Mommy, Come Home: Choosing Your Lifestyle

July 28, 2009

Tonight’s guest post is from Ellen, who blogs at Thrifty & Chic Mom.  Ellen’s perspective is timely, coming off the heels of my Leap of Faith post.
First of all I want to say thanks for the opportunity to share about being a SAHM; it is the best decision I ever made and it was very [...]

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Mommy, Come Home: Learning to Live on One Income

July 9, 2009

If this is your first visit to the Mommy Come Home series, you may want to catch up here.

When the Mommy, Come Home series was merely a bunch of jumbled thoughts in my head, I already knew that I wanted Stephanie to write a post for me.  I knew that her story was similar [...]

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Mommy, Come Home: A Solid Beginning

July 1, 2009

For my readers who aren’t yet married, or who don’t yet have children… this post’s for you!  I was ecstatic when Rachel contacted me about sharing her unique perspective in the Mommy, Come Home series.  As a young couple who haven’t yet had children, Rachel and her husband are to be commended for planning now.  [...]

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