Hello! My name is Tammy and I am a recently back-at-home mom of 3 wonderful kids.
My husband and I have had quite a year of change to get us back to this point.
When we had our first child, I quit my job to be at home with him and knew this was God's best for our family. That was 13 years ago now and through the years (some have been very lean) we knew we were doing the right thing but eventually I found I was being crushed under the expectations of the world, our friends, my husband's co-workers and even the church. I thought if I heard the question "So what do you do? Do you work?" or through my husband "So what does your wife do?" one more time I would SCREAM!
As we felt great conviction to pull our 3 kids out of public school and put them into private Christian school (with the tuition costs that go with that) and our oldest son's need for braces could no longer be put off we decided to take the plunge.....and do it...and trust God. Then, I promptly proceeded to lose all faith in His provision and decided it was all up to me - I began to believe he couldn't/wouldn't provide and we would end up living in a cardboard box and my son's life would be ruined because he had buck teeth and it would be ALL MY FAULT!!
So, I got a job...a full time job. It was more hours than I'd wanted but the pay was great and since the stay-at-home era was over for me, why no just go for it, right?
Well, thus began one of the most difficult and exhausting 9 months of my life. I was miserable at work, miserable at home and my kids were left to fend for themselves more time than they should have been. As a mother my heart was breaking.
The final decision after much prayer and discussion between my husband and I was for me to quit that job and my last day was 1 week ago.
I hope by starting this blog (I've started and stopped blogs before but never on this subject) I will be able to connect with others in a similar situation and be an encouragement to those who can't find people to support them in their "true" God-given role on this earth, as opposed to the one that the "world" would thrust upon us.
So hello - and welcome.
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