Being a mom the way I want
I often wonder if our marriage will keep having as many planning sessions as it does now
in these early years. I hope it will. At least I hope that life won’t teach me that I’m naive if I think
I can plan it. That I’ll have to do it the way everyone else does it and that the current is too strong to fight.
So here’s our plan: We want for Marcus to be able to someday work from home
. We want for me to be at home with our kids. Why? Because we want to be with our family. We want to put our family first. That’s why we decided to have one
. So essentially our plan is to have the happiest family possible
. And that’s the way we think we can best achieve that.
Is that naive? Is that dream a tiny bit too big?
Because it scares me that most people around me are doing it differently. I’ve already had people give me a weird look for saying that I don’t intend to put my daughter in daycare if I can avoid it. Does that mean my plan won’t work? Or does it just mean that we all
have different paths to make our families happy? Because I guess we do. I’m just not sure I’m willing to let that fact crush my plan. And what about the government? It seems that most often it makes life a little
easier for people who aren’t trying to follow
a plan like mine. I’ll just have to live with that though. I don’t really think benefits are more
valuable than our plan.
I’ve always known I wanted to be a stay-at-home mom. My mom fought the current and did it and I knew that someday I would do the same. Because I loved having her there growing up. It’s taught and prepared me for being a mother and quite frankly I think it’s prepared her to be a better grandmother and to help and support her children establishing their own homes. So I always knew this was what I wanted to do. But it hurts me a little
to think that a lot of people might think I’m lazy for it. Like I could do more
in my life. Or like I could be a better citizen, be more
beneficial to society. But I think the best thing I can do for my community is to raise a happy family. A happy, ambitious, hard-working, kind family.
And I know my plan might be a lot to plan for. I may be naive. And for many people this sort of plan just might not be an option. But I like to think that it is an option
for me. To live life the way I want. Because I planned it that way. And we may be poor in the beginning
. Heck! We may be poor for a very very long time. But, again, I don’t think the dog, the car, the yearly summer vacation, the new clothes every month, etc. are more valuable. I became a mom because I want to be a mom. And I think I should be able to do it the way that I think is best for my family.
January 27, 2015 @ 5:40 pm
I love your plan for your family. At sætte familien først og være hjemme hos sine børn er bare det bedste. Jeg er så taknemmelig for alle de oplevelser som jeg har haft og stadig har med vores 4 guldklumper og ingen kan tage de dyrebare oplevelser fra mig.Jeg ved at det er det bedste valg I kunne træffe for jeres familie. Hold fast i jeres plan uanset hvad andre siger.
Jeg ved Gud vil velsigne jer for jeres valg. Knus Elisabeth
January 27, 2015 @ 6:23 pm
Flere mødre som dig, Rebecca ❤️
January 29, 2015 @ 2:13 am
Du/ni tänker så klokt! Gör det som ni känner är rätt! Inget annat betyder mer! Att vara hemma mamma är det bästa jag någonsin har gjort! Värt allt!!!
January 29, 2015 @ 9:24 am
Hej kære Rebecca
Du er bare så sej!! Og jeg tror på, at det vil lykkes for jer!
Du har haft de bedste to eksempler på, at det kan lykkes med gode resultater. Jeg var selv hjemme, da børnene var små og har aldrig fortrudt det 🙂 selv om vi ikke havde ret mange penge. Du/I er så intelligente, at I nok skal regne ud, hvordan det skal gøres.
En ting skal du vide: det kan blive lidt vanskeligt at finde legekammerater. Da Charlotte var lille, manglede hun nogen at lege med, imens Birgitte var i skole. Så jeg satte en annonce i ugeavisen, og fandt der igennem en rigtig sød legekammerat til hende.
Må Herren velsigne jer i jeres beslutning!!
Knus fra Solveig <3
February 9, 2015 @ 2:23 am
Hi! Does your husband by any chance know a mormon family called the Petersons from Haninge, Stockholm? The parents are called Eric and Susanne and they have three daughters. It might be a long shot but I just thought I’d ask 🙂 Have a great day!