Where will you be in 10 years?
I've been considering what to do this fall since my job at the school is over next Friday. Mr. Disty wants me to get one of those Plentiful! Part time! jobs so I can rake in the dough and still be able to get the kids after school.
I told him no.
Not because I'm not willing to help with the income, as evidenced by my current job, but because I still consider myself a stay-at-home-mom.
Now don't get me wrong, if we were in dire straights, I'd surely work, but we aren't to that point. Since Buster is starting school next week, this will be the first time in 11 years that I won't have a child at home with me during the week. I'm ready to "get some things done" around the house. I'm ready to have the house clean for at least an hour before someone under the age of 18 destroys it.
Dang it, I'm ready to go have a pedicure if I want to!
Anyway, I've never really been an ambitious person as far as a career goes. I wanted to be at home with my kids for as long as I can remember. In college, we went around the class and had to tell where we wanted to be in 10 years. When I said married and at home with some kids, most of the other girls gave me dirty looks. "Why are you wasting money on an education then?" they asked. I don't see it as a waste. My education helps me to do my most important job, teach and train my children. As Christian parents, or any parents for that matter, we are responsible for what our children learn and to what they are exposed. I feel that I do a better job of that by being at home.
Melanie's post today got me thinking about this. Has the way you saw your future changed from say, 5, 10 or 20 years ago? I'd love to hear about it.
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5 comments:
Tell him you ARE working... since you have to come back in April!
I never wanted to do anything but be wife and mom either. That's livin' the dream to me!
10 years from now I hope to be not working anymore... I'll only have 2 or 3 in school... or close to not working anymore.
People are asking me if I'm gonna work now that my baby will be in school! I DO work--i am a Taxi-mom. I really do not see how people work and have their children in our school with all the different pick up times.
I really need to concentrate on my house keeping for sustained periods of time. If I did all that I was suppossed to do around here--I really would be working FULL time!!!
Here's the website you wanted...
staceyw.uppercaseliving.net
I always wanted to stay home, too. I wasn't sure I wanted to be a mom, but one of those "kept wives" was high on my list.
You deserve some time to get things done and get yourself a pedicure!!!
Of course, now I have one of those PT jobs (boo!)
I really never was ambitious about beginning a career. I wanted to be a mom first and then work outside the home after they were older. I have lots of things I want to do when they are grown but I'm not in a hurry!
I've stayed home full time, worked full time, worked part time, homeschooled and now that they are all in school I am in school. I have done these different things at different seasons and by the grace of God it seems to work. Mothering is a demanding and full time job no matter how you slice it and I have not found one position (working, staying home, etc.) to be particularly more difficult than another. I just love being a mom, period, and thank God every day for the priviledge!
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