And Just Like That, I Became a Stay-at-Home Mom





My kids are on a 2-hour delay today after not having school for four days straight, talk about a mom who is about to lose her mind! Anyone else feel me?! This has also allowed me time to FINALLY sit down and write. My 7-week-old is snoozing in her swing and the three boys are playing and the hog chores are done outside, all before 9 a.m.! 

On the 15th of this month, I made one of the hardest decisions I have ever made. After nearly four years of working as an associate editor at The Farmer’s Exchange newspaper, I decided to resign. Why? Well, there are several reasons and I could bore you with all of those reasons, but I won’t. The biggest reason I chose to not return to work is my babies at home and the amount of money it would take each month to put them in childcare. When more than 50 percent of your monthly paycheck would go towards childcare, it becomes a serious consideration to turn your working-mom body into a stay-at-home mom body. 

Upon this decision, I knew that it would also affect a passion of mine; my weekly column in the Exchange. As I’ve written more than 100 columns for the paper, I knew it would be something I would miss, thus the reason I’ve decided to start my blog back up. When I began my column in the Exchange, it was every other week and then we switched it to every week. To say it was a challenge sometimes to find something to write about each week, is an understatement. Once I finally found my groove with the column, I had a revelation. For someone who is a bit timid when it comes to sharing about the love of Jesus face-to-face, I think the column was a God-given gift because I turned that into my platform to share about Jesus. 

So, if you have never read any of my columns in The Farmer’s Exchange, that’s okay. What I want to share with you before I start this journey of blogging again is that there may be things I write that you may disagree with, and that’s okay. However, if you would like to share or comment about something I wrote, that’s okay, too. Just do it in the most kind and respectful way and I’ll do the same in the way I write my blog posts. 

To give you an idea of the kind of posts I write, they vary from genres or themes. Depending on the time of the year and events in my life, they may be based on livestock, children (actually my kids will probably pop up in almost every column), my faith and relationship with Jesus and how He has impacted my life, the life of my family and the life of my friends. I write what is truly on my heart and what is happening in my life. Sometimes I may be a bit blunt about issues and I’ll apologize to you now if anything offends you in my future posts. 

Time’s flying by and the 2-hour delay is almost over, my coffee is getting cold, the baby is beginning to cry from her swing and I smell a stinky diaper! 

Until next time!

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