When I came up with the name, “The Work Mom Balance” I laughed at its irony. Moms who hold jobs outside of the home know its near impossible to find a balance between raising a family and growing in a career.
What is it they say? You’re robbing Peter to give to Paul?
At least that’s how I feel.
While surprising, it isn’t shocking to discover that “74% of moms with kids under 18 are in the workforce” in America (Bureau of Labor Force). If there are lot’s of other working moms, I felt that there are lots of working moms struggling with what I’m struggling with.
To be a great mom and wife means taking time that could be invested into your career. To pour into your career means to take away time from your family, your legacy.
Its a fine balance between keeping your job and not scarring your kids for life. Sometimes I store things in the back of my mind that my daughters might bring up in therapy as a adults.
It cracks me up because we rely on my income. I don’t have a choice to stay at home. But even if we didn’t is it really so wrong to have a career too?
In the midst of my burdens on helping financially contribute to our household income and the heavy weighing mom guilt, I really struggle to find the support we all need from other working moms.
The birth of the work mom balance was not only out of a desire to fill a missing niche but necessity to find my own outlet, voice in a corner where I know I’m not alone.
Ultimately, its my faith in Christ that has helped me navigate the pressure and feelings of inadequacy in being a working mother. I want to share the encouragement I find and laugh in the midst of the craziness when sometimes all I want to do is cry.
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