A stay at home mom is not seen as a worthy job and definitely not as a glamorous job. You think being a mom is a job? The world says when I say I want to be home when Asher arrives. Are you nuts? They say. And a stay at home wife? Are you weird? Who does that? The world can be a harsh place to navigate. Am I valuable even though I've been at home? I ask myself that question everyday and everyday I come up with no answer. Or maybe it's an answer that I don't want to hear.
I want to feel valued and validated. I have degrees and college experience behind me. I'm capable and qualified. But I walk around the world and feel nothing but stares and judgments penetrating my very being. I hear them saying "loser, lazy, wasting away your talents..." not really saying it but that is the message the world gives about staying home.
After attempting to work and then being laid off last year, we decided I would stay home our first year of marriage, but that "year" has turned into a year and a half now, with no job on the horizon when that year was up...
After attempting to work and then being laid off last year, we decided I would stay home our first year of marriage, but that "year" has turned into a year and a half now, with no job on the horizon when that year was up...
What does God say about staying home? What is truly valuable? If I could fuzz out the voices and stares of the world, what would I hear God saying to me?
I'm going to be searching for that answer. Stay tuned for what I learn....
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