It’s quite a handful managing my two toddlers and I rarely get a break to get out and do something by myself. The monotony of the continuous housework has gotten to me – endless laundry, dishes, meals, trips to the same parks and places every week. My smallest one cries in the car regularly, and the older one tests every limit relentlessly. I started to wonder if I was really cut out to be a stay-at-home mom, because I could not really find joy in it anymore. No part of my day was something I wanted to do. It was just chores, tantrums and crying. I started to think seriously about going back to work. So, I purchased and read “In Praise of Stay-At-Home Moms.” Your book saved me from continuing to be the spoiled brat I knew I was being but didn’t know how to change.
Life is all about perspective, and those two girls I love so much depend on ME and need ME. I brought them to life because I wanted them. Life isn’t about ME anymore. It’s about THEM. The part of my day that is for me is in giving them an amazing childhood they can cherish their whole lives. And in loving and supporting them so I can see those happy smiles and bubbly giggles. Yes, the chores are endless, but now when I do them, I think about how I’m making the home a lovely place for my husband and children, and that motivates me to keep doing them. It’s relieving to hear you talk so much about how intelligent and educated women are NOT wasting their lives by staying home with their children. I think society brainwashed me!
Allison
I Almost Quit Being a Stay-At-Home Mom