I discovered a wonderful voice for those Moms who were courageous and said--"No, I do not want to work outside my home, I want to be home with my children" It is so important....
From my book--Thoughts From the Heart:
Mothers Are Important
This past Sunday was Mother’s Day
and to all you mothers, I hope you had a wonderful day.
Having children is such a blessing. On a more personal note, most people don’t
know I am the mother of nine children. It sounds unbelievable but I
actually planned and wanted all my children and they have been a blessing to
me.
In this modern society, I believe that many young couples do
not believe that children are a blessing. They are afraid of what adding to
their union will do to themselves. If they are selfish, then the children
will suffer. If they are willing to sacrifice something in their life for
something better, then children become a welcomed blessing. What else is
there to live for if we do not have people who are important to us in our
life? Certainly, leisure and travel activities become boring after a
while. You can travel around the world many times and still not have joy
when returning home. Our employment can only give us so much satisfaction
until even our work takes a back seat to our families.
I saw “The Bucket List” last
year and it is the perfect example of what I am writing about. In this movie,
one man with cancer had a family with a wife of many years. He wasn’t
considered a wealthy man in the financial world but had children and
grandchildren whom he spent his time. The other man with cancer had female
partners over the years but not one that stuck around by his choice. He even
had a daughter by one but they were estranged. He lived on his own in a
very nice condo, had lots of money from his corporation, but really didn’t have
much joy. He seemed happy at first but in the end when the cancer was
worsening, he realized what he was missing in his life. He realized that
family was really important and made an effort to visit his daughter to patch
things up and see his granddaughter.
I hope all you mothers and fathers
will realize the importance of raising children
to be good productive citizens. I hope you appreciate who you have given
birth to in this life. Motherhood is a sacred calling. To have so much
influence to do good over one person in a life is very powerful.
The Hand that Rocks the Cradle Rules the World!!!!!
The words of Washington Irving,
an early American writer, rings true: “A mother is the truest friend we have,
when trials heavy and sudden, fall upon us; when adversity takes the place of
prosperity; when friends who rejoice with us in our sunshine desert us; when
trouble thickens around us, still will she cling to us, and endeavor by her
kind precepts and counsels to dissipate the clouds of darkness, and cause peace
to return to our hearts.”
Appreciate the children you have created and help them to
see their potential in life for one day they will rise up and call you a great
blessing.
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Amanda King is a mom who wants to be a good mom to her two daughters. She started a wonderful blog/website called the www.lastmomonearth.com which was her ideal of a great mom. Unfortunately--in June she wrote her last post and will no longer be writing.... We need great moms like her to post positive articles about motherhood. Here is one that made it to the Huffington Post:
What We Mean When We Say We Need a Break
by Amanda King
As a stay-at-home mom of two small children, when I say that I need a break, I'm not talking about wanting a vacation or a treat as a reward for doing my job. Needing a break doesn't mean that I'm seeking a respite from my responsibilities or that I want to put my feet up. It means that I need a moment to feel like a human being in the midst of a relentless life where I don't belong to myself anymore; where I give my love and energy away, every moment of my existence, and can't figure out how to keep any for myself.
We're all very aware of men who don't understand the point of giving the mother of his children a break. They go to work all day and they don't have fun at work, do they? When they come home and their wives say, "I need a break," they think, When do I get a break? I just worked all day and now I have to come home and give my wife a break?
The point of a break, when you're a stay-at-home parent, isn't fun, or excitement or relaxation, although breaks that contain those things are great, and we absolutely totally deserve them, because everybody does. When a stay-at-home parent says, "I need a break from being a mommy for an hour or two," they aren't trying to swindle you into doing the work of caring for the house and children so that they can get out for some fun and letting loose. Needing a break isn't the same thing as wanting a vacation.
I'm Amanda King and the best and most important thing I've ever done is to be a good mom. Everything else I've ever accomplished is kind of silly, compared to the fact that I get out of bed every morning and I try, so very hard to make these little people happy.
I have two daughters, Scout and Louise. They're three years apart and they keep me very busy. Sometimes I think I'll die of busy-ness, but I never do.
I used to be a misfit.
Read more here.....
I just love what she has to say and I hope we can convince Amanda to keep blogging about being a Mom and how challenging and wonderful it is!!!
by Donna Weaver
