Okay, I am just going to say it...Stay At Home Mom is something I NEVER thought I would say I was.
I have secretly been praying for a long while that I could be a SAHM and hopefully I could eventually go back to school and finish my degree. Now with that being said, me and my husband both knew I couldn't stay home with our finances not really in order to support that move. I kept praying that if it is GOD's will for it to happen, I still desired to be a SAHM. The first day back from summer vacation, I had a quite emotional experience..... and I resigned but with the intent to find another job, QUICK! The day after I quit, I was on the hunt to find another job...and so I searched and searched. I didn't want to just work for pennies, I thought if I am going to work 8-5pm, year round, I need to find the higher paying job and in a different work setting than I previously had. After the first week, I was talking to my husband about my job search and he said to me, "What if you just stay at home?" I knew he liked the idea of me being home but realistically we knew that we weren't at that point, or were we? What if the LORD made that terrible experience for me to be a stay-at-home-mom? I have heard and read so many families who have been so blessed with the moms being at home and even with the sacrifices they make, their needs are always met. Could we financially do it? That is where we are at...trying to evaluate our expenses based on his income alone and I admit I am scared about putting a burden on my husband and family. The last few weeks of me being home has been AWESOME!!! I definitely feel happier and I have heard my kids say they like me being home. I pray this new chapter in our life will continue to have HIS blessing over us. I am looking up scriptures that touch on faith, having our needs met, and prayer. Here are some scriptures I have enjoyed reading:
2 Cor 9:8
Hebrews 13:5
Philippians 4:19
Stay Distracted,
Natalie
I have secretly been praying for a long while that I could be a SAHM and hopefully I could eventually go back to school and finish my degree. Now with that being said, me and my husband both knew I couldn't stay home with our finances not really in order to support that move. I kept praying that if it is GOD's will for it to happen, I still desired to be a SAHM. The first day back from summer vacation, I had a quite emotional experience..... and I resigned but with the intent to find another job, QUICK! The day after I quit, I was on the hunt to find another job...and so I searched and searched. I didn't want to just work for pennies, I thought if I am going to work 8-5pm, year round, I need to find the higher paying job and in a different work setting than I previously had. After the first week, I was talking to my husband about my job search and he said to me, "What if you just stay at home?" I knew he liked the idea of me being home but realistically we knew that we weren't at that point, or were we? What if the LORD made that terrible experience for me to be a stay-at-home-mom? I have heard and read so many families who have been so blessed with the moms being at home and even with the sacrifices they make, their needs are always met. Could we financially do it? That is where we are at...trying to evaluate our expenses based on his income alone and I admit I am scared about putting a burden on my husband and family. The last few weeks of me being home has been AWESOME!!! I definitely feel happier and I have heard my kids say they like me being home. I pray this new chapter in our life will continue to have HIS blessing over us. I am looking up scriptures that touch on faith, having our needs met, and prayer. Here are some scriptures I have enjoyed reading:
2 Cor 9:8
Hebrews 13:5
Philippians 4:19
Stay Distracted,
Natalie