Comments on: Crazy Solidarity

By: Isannah

Isannah — Fri, 11 Sep 2009 15:10:14 +0000

Wonderful article. By the way (and I had to say this just for fun)I was born in 92′ and I know very well what jelly shoes and twist-a-breads are! Maybe beccause I was home-schooled.
Okay, LOL.

By: Mrs. Parunak

Mrs. Parunak — Thu, 10 Sep 2009 04:25:56 +0000

Cherie,

I’m sending you the hugest hug! I know exactly how you feel. I was a stay at home wife for three years before our first child was born.

I would like to write a post in answer to your question, and maybe others will weigh in, too, in the comments section. Lord willing, I’ll be able to put something together in the next couple of weeks, and I’ll send you an e-mail when it goes up.

By: Cherie

Cherie — Wed, 09 Sep 2009 15:24:49 +0000

Hello,
I just found your blog and I really enjoy reading it. This is completely off topic… but I’ve been married for 2 years and have been a stay-at-home wife for about 5 months. I admit that I’m a little bummed out. I’m having a difficult time creating a schedule. I read blogs about SAHW’s and they all seem fulfilled, happy, and have things to do all the time. I live in an apartment in a city so I can’t plant a garden or tend to farm animals. I don’t have any children yet. We can’t move out of the city because then my husband would have a very long commute and I don’t want that. I’m literally stuck and boggled down with questions from people like, \What do you do all day?\. I don’t know how to answer them and I feel like a failure at times. I live in a big city where 90% of the women work, the other 10% are SAHM’s. But when I talk to SAHM’s, they pretty much tell me what they do with their children, which I don’t have. I don’t even know what time to wake-up in the morning? Or what to do first thing in the morning? I know that this sounds \crazy\. Does anyone have any advice or guidance on how I could create a schedule? Have any ideas of what you do with your time? Thanks in advance. Blessings to you!

By: Arthur Sido

Arthur Sido — Tue, 08 Sep 2009 00:12:48 +0000

We have eight kids and have gotten many of the same comments. I expect them from unbelievers, but from fellow Christians it causes some concern. I think it comes down to a lot of people who claim the name of Christ being pretty selective with what they choose to believe in His Word (which is why we also homeschool and practice headcovering just to your north in Lansing!)

By: Mrs Tumbas

Mrs Tumbas — Mon, 07 Sep 2009 10:19:00 +0000

One more thing its socially acceptable for a 15 year old to have a baby but ohhh no forbid a family wanting more than 3. It drives me insane!

By: Mrs Tumbas

Mrs Tumbas — Mon, 07 Sep 2009 10:16:52 +0000

That is soo funny in our church we believe in NO borth control, however several members “count the days” and one such is our minister. Its ridiculous how these days churches and christians are running alongside the world. We are meant to be separate so christians take the culture set by society and mend it to suit their beliefs. This minister came up and congratulated me on number 3, my eldest is 2 and a half, I answered “Yes we are really happy we want a big family”

By: linda

linda — Sun, 06 Sep 2009 07:52:46 +0000

Dear Sara I lived in a town where the Pastor had 10 kids and half the town thought they were crazy-gossip spreads fast in a town. By the time those kids were twenty or so nobody thought they were crazy anymore. It was a learning curve for all of us and an eye opener to me.Dear Charity , I agree with Rebecca,I don’t get much support either and most people wouldthink I should just go back to work and so I was so relieved to read the latest article in Above Rubies about a struggling mum in Queensland who had her prayers answered. Sometimes Ijust think I’m too old and why am I having more kids.?Blogs like Mrs P’s give us that support praise God.From Linda

By: sarah in the woods

sarah in the woods — Sun, 06 Sep 2009 00:20:36 +0000

I don’t get those comments – I only have 4 kids. But the “You’ve got your hands full.” comment sure gets old. Sometimes I want to say, “Yes! Would you like to lend me a hand here!”

By: Mariah

Mariah — Sat, 05 Sep 2009 01:21:44 +0000

Oh, by the way, the website link on my name is actually my mom’s. I just used it (with her permission)!

By: Mariah

Mariah — Sat, 05 Sep 2009 01:20:25 +0000

As the one of the oldest in a large family, I would like to encourage Charity by saying that adhearing to her beliefs will hold her in good stead with her children. I have heard all those comments made to my parents, and knowing that my parents didn’t feel that way, and were able to take what others said calmly has really blessed me. It let me look up to my parents as people who followed God, and didn’t let the opinions of others sway them.
So when someone says something like that, just know that your children will probably respect you all the more for holding your ground.