A really neat lady just moved into my ward who founded
The Power of Moms - an INCREDIBLE TOOL for Moms - please check it out!
But on through her blog, I found another things she is involved in - a podcast - another thing I LOVE as a Mom as I can listen and learn and do my mundane tasks(:
The Round Table.
One lady talked about her difficulty adjusting to Motherhood - and I just thought I'd copy and paste a comment I made - would love any comments or thoughts you have!
I totally relate to the comment about not loving Motherhood at first! And the message we get as women in the church. Yes, I felt amazed at how much I loved my child, but going from being a full time student, athlete, job, social life and always being told I could do and become anything, then having a baby and feeling like I should be happy and content changing diapers and nursing all day just didn't seem right. I think this is a different time in history where we as women are told we can become anything and to strive through education and training to do that, yet as soon as we get married and have kids, are told that we should "stay home" and devote the rest of our lives to our kids and husbands. I have since learned that my way of being a "Stay-at-home Mom" is not staying home at all, but going out at every chance I can and holding on to who I was and what I liked before I become "Mom" as hard as I possibly can so that I can be someone that I like at the end of all this, and can serve my children and husband better.
Another thing I was thinking about lately as I am on my rampage - is how my ideal Mothering situation would be to get up, go over to my friends house - or ideally sisters (: - or she comes over to mine) and we spend the day together - learning from each other, letting our kids play together, cooking and cleaning together, watching each other's kids while we run a few errands, then going home when our husbands come home - or 1/2 hour earlier to make dinner and spend the evening as a family unit
Anyone want to join me?
The Power of Moms - an INCREDIBLE TOOL for Moms - please check it out!
But on through her blog, I found another things she is involved in - a podcast - another thing I LOVE as a Mom as I can listen and learn and do my mundane tasks(:
The Round Table.
One lady talked about her difficulty adjusting to Motherhood - and I just thought I'd copy and paste a comment I made - would love any comments or thoughts you have!
I totally relate to the comment about not loving Motherhood at first! And the message we get as women in the church. Yes, I felt amazed at how much I loved my child, but going from being a full time student, athlete, job, social life and always being told I could do and become anything, then having a baby and feeling like I should be happy and content changing diapers and nursing all day just didn't seem right. I think this is a different time in history where we as women are told we can become anything and to strive through education and training to do that, yet as soon as we get married and have kids, are told that we should "stay home" and devote the rest of our lives to our kids and husbands. I have since learned that my way of being a "Stay-at-home Mom" is not staying home at all, but going out at every chance I can and holding on to who I was and what I liked before I become "Mom" as hard as I possibly can so that I can be someone that I like at the end of all this, and can serve my children and husband better.
Another thing I was thinking about lately as I am on my rampage - is how my ideal Mothering situation would be to get up, go over to my friends house - or ideally sisters (: - or she comes over to mine) and we spend the day together - learning from each other, letting our kids play together, cooking and cleaning together, watching each other's kids while we run a few errands, then going home when our husbands come home - or 1/2 hour earlier to make dinner and spend the evening as a family unit
Anyone want to join me?
Comments
I just stumbled across your blog and saw the super nice things you wrote about Power of Moms and the Round Table. Thanks! I tried leaving you a phone message to figure out a time when we could get together for lunch of something but maybe I have the wrong phone number for you.