November 2, 2015
Continuing Your Career, As A Stay-At-Home Mom


Dear Dr. Laura:

I was recently out with friends and many of them were trying to avoid picking up their children from day care because they had more work and things to do in their day.  They seemed burdened by having children!  

My mother always taught my sisters and me that we were to go to college, get a job, and if we chose to get married and have children, continue our CAREERS as stay-at-home moms, and not drop them off at a "kennel" (what my mom called day care) every day.  I always thought that was normal until I grew up and realized people actually were burdened by their children!

Our home was full of love. My dad provided for the family while my mom was always on time to pick us up from school, give us lots of hugs, cook, clean and make sure we were doing our homework.  I can't wait to leave my kids little notes about how proud I am of them and be the best wife and mother I can be - just like my mom.  

I'm now working and dating a man who is much like my father - kind, hardworking, loving and respectful of me.  We plan to attend premarital counseling, and once we eventually marry each other, I'll stay at home and have the best full-time job in the world - being a mother.  Thank you for teaching that being a mother is not a burden, but the best job that a wife and woman can have on this planet.

Mariah


Posted by Staff at 10:59 AM