The Responsibility Project

1. Indeed

   I am a stay-home mom. I left a blooming career to take care of my daughter and my family, and it was a decision made out of recognition that vows and parenthood demand sacrifice and personal humility to be done correctly. It's not about me. What IS about me is the volunteer work, hobby pastimes, and from-home continuing education I pursue. I am hardly a shut-in with an apron over my clothes and dark circles under my eyes as I scrub and iron under the oppression of a family that doesn't appreciate me. Seriously...that's what women who choose work over their responsibilities to the family seem to think of when they picture staying home. The image they paint if a SAHM's life stops just short of shackles and illiteracy. I don't "drill ABC's" or anything else all day. I play with my child. I teach her. I cook with her. I read with her. I study my own interests while she naps or does her own thing. I contribute through volunteer work, and I maintain friendships and a social life. I'm not to be applauded. What I'm doing is to be expected. It's what moms are for. It's what a mother is supposed to do. If you don't want to be the one raising your kids...then please explain to me why on earth you would choose to have any.

   • Amy
   • 3 months, 2 weeks ago

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