In my story “Nakomai’s Immortality“, I tackle the topic of stay-at-home-moms versus working-moms. Unfortunately, I showed a little too much of the bias I was feeling in my younger parenting years and not enough of the balance I grew into in my later years.
In this reblog, Lacy picks up my slack by offering us an inspired and well-balanced treatise of this very controverisal subject!
I stumbled upon a Facebook post of mine from a few years ago when I was a full-time working mom and my baby girl was just about to turn 2 years old.
I wanted to share it with you today. I think it’s something we can all relate to no matter which “category” we fall into:
“SOME DAYS, A MOM JUST NEEDS AN EXTRA PAT ON THE BACK AND “WAY TO GO”. TODAY IS ONE OF THOSE DAYS FOR ME-I’M STRUGGLING TO BE A WORKING MOM. I OFTENTIMES FEEL SO GUILTY HAVING MY KIDS IN DAYCARE DURING THE DAY WHEN I WANT NOTHING MORE THAN TO BE WITH MY BABIES BEFORE THEY ARE GROWN. I FEEL I’M NOT DOING MY DUTY AS A MOM IN DOING SO. I REALLY LONG TO GO BACK TO BEING A STAY AT HOME MOM. PLEASE PRAY FOR ME THAT I CAN FIND THE OPPORTUNITY…
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