I am a working mom with 2 little bits! Thankfully my work allows me to work 2, 12 hour shifts per week. Now by the time I leave and return home for the day, it ends up being a 14-15 hour day away from home. There are days that I really struggle with being a working mom. And, there are days that I really love being good at something outside of my home. It feels like a constant battle that wages within me.
Being a working mom has taught me.....
- Plan ahead. Days/Months ahead.
- Make a list. Check it off. There is no way I can keep up with all of this in my head
- Prepare meals for the nights I work that can be popped in and out of the oven easily
- Do the majority of the work the night before and not the morning of work
- Go to bed!!!!! There are things that can wait until tomorrow.
- Accept help from others
- Believe others can care for my children just as well as I do and TRUST them to do their job
- My children are well adjusted and time away from me is not always a bad thing
- Don't spend my off days cleaning every moment.....play with my children
- Play dates are just as important for me as they are for my children
- CHOOSE MY FAMILY FIRST, ALWAYS!
- I AM LIMITED.
- HE IS LIMITLESS!!!!!
There is NO WAY that I could have gotten to this point with my children and working without the LIMITLESS GRACE of God. Work is hard in and of itself but top a newborn, breastfeeding, naptimes, a toddler, 2 dogs, a 35 mile commute to work, a babysitter.....on work and by my own limitations this would be impossible. BUT GOD, has been LIMITLESS in his abounding love and grace to me during this ride. I am every day at His mercy begging him to give me the strength to be all I need to be and to know when to be still.
So whether you eat or drink or whatever you do, do it all for the glory of God. 1 Corinthians 10:31
Hope you are blessed by this song by Steven Curtis Chapman
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