Posted by: nikkik in Stay At Home Moms on
Sep 15, 2008
Mothers who choose to leave their career to raise their children are often faced with unique and difficult challenges, including isolation, a loss of identity, and boredom. However, they're also blessed with wonderful rewards reaped by their efforts, such as valuable teaching moments with their children, and freedom from workplace stressors. A recent book I read addresses the good and the bad of the life of a SAHM. The author, a woman who left a successful magazine career to stay home with her son (and gave birth to twin girls shortly thereafter), uses research and anecdotes from SAHMs all over the country to offer solutions and discuss the "perks and pitfalls" of staying home. www.stayathomesurvivalguide.com.
Posted by: Sarah in Untagged on
Sep 11, 2008
It's been a rough couple of weeks to say the least. Long story short, my dad was unexpectedly diagnosed with terminal liver cancer. In a span of less than four weeks he was gone. I should preface this by saying that I dearly loved my father and he was worthy of all my affection and admiration.
When I first found out that there was a serious medical problem I was a mess. My 4 year old picked up on this immediately. "Why are you so sad, Mamma?" he said. I thought how I am going to tell this precious little boy that the grandfather he adores was really sick and was inevitably going to die. I was having a hard time wrapping my brain around the concept, myself. I decided that I wasn't going to run out of the room when the tears hit me, and they did. Instead, I let him see the tears stream down my face. I told him that Mamma was having a really sad day because Papa is really, really sick. That's when it came. "Is Papa going to die?" he asked. "Probably," I said. Then I asked him a
Posted by: nikkik in Preconception on
Sep 10, 2008
My husband and I disagree on whether or not to have another baby. We've got two beautiful girls, ages 5 and 2, and I'd like to add one more to our brood. But my husband has no interest. I really do believe that if we found out we were pregnant right now that he would be very happy and excited, but he's not going to do it "on purpose." He even half-jokes about getting a vascectomy! I'm definitely not ready for that yet. Thankfully, we're not to a point where it's caused real conflict, especially because my desire for another child is very mild and I'm willing to wait - either until he changes his mind, or I'm ready to permanently call it quits. But I wonder if anyone else has experience with this, and how you worked through
