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Welcome back to the “Motherhood” series! This post was written by Brenda at Triple Braided. If you missed the last post in the series, please check back HERE.

Guest post by Brenda at Triple Braided

So your happily-ever-after is finally coming true. Nesting is in full force. You’re now a wife. You have a baby. And you can settle down and do what your heart has yearned for since you were a little girl – you can be a full-time wife and mommy.

But wait! There’s only one problem!

You kinda forgot, didn’t really think, to talk about that dream conviction with your fiance-now-turned-husband, and he has slightly different plans. “Be a stay-at-home wife and mother? Are you kidding me?” He looks at you with a deer-in-the-headlights look.

Suddenly your dream is crushed. Your convictions seem null and void. You try to rationalize a different way in your mind, but you feel so strongly about the importance of being at home. Then you wonder if there’s something wrong with you. If you’re wrong. If you’re selfish.

Join me, Brenda at Triple Braided, as I unpack what I have learned this past year as a wife with a baby and a husband who wants her to work outside the home despite her desperate desire to be at home!

Welcome back to the “Motherhood” series!  This post was written by LeighAnn Dutton from Christian Mommy Blogger. If you missed the last post in the series, please check back HERE.

Guest post by LeighAnn Dutton of Intentional By Grace

I’m not a military wife. However, I am a wife with a husband who travels a lot for business. On average, my husband travels once a week for at least a night or two. Sometimes my son and I go with him, but most of the time we’re back home eagerly awaiting his return.

It is exhausting, often times overwhelming, and always a plea for mercy and grace.

But you know what? The above is not my biggest challenge.

Join Leigh Ann at Intentional By Grace to learn more about her biggest challenge with having a traveling husband.

Welcome back to the “Motherhood” series!  This post was written by Nikki Hughes from Christian Mommy Blogger. If you missed the last post in the series, please check back HERE.

Guest post by Nikki of Intentional By Grace

 As a military wife I found myself by myself. A lot. I chose to leave the workforce to stay home with my children. When my husband was gone for 7-8 months at a time I felt it. To my core. It was lonely and a lot of work. I realize though, it isn’t only military wives who are in this situation. Does your husband travel? Are you left by yourself to be mommy, daddy, maid, chef, doctor, nurse and teacher? Maybe not for big chunks of time, but on any sort of regular basis?

It is overwhelming and scary. Perhaps you are the other extreme, you feel relieved and relish in the moments all by your lonesome?
Either way, the burden is heavy and you can’t do it alone. Well you aren’t alone. You aren’t the only one. There will be others that go through this too. But that doesn’t mean you can’t benefit from some tips and encouragement to help you along.

So join me, Nikki, today over at Intentional By Grace where I address “life” when your husband is gone…a lot.

Welcome back to the “Motherhood” series!  This post was written by Jane Graham from Unofficial Homeschooler. If you missed the last post in the series, please check back HERE.

Guest post by Jane Graham from Unofficial Homeschooler

People, for the most part, are okay with young moms choosing home over career, but what happens after the noses are wiped and kids go to school? Is staying home still a reasonable choice for women?

In today’s post, The Unofficial Homeschooler explains why it makes sense and why it’s the best choice for her family.  Check her out HERE.

Welcome back to the “Motherhood” series!  This post was written by Nikki Hughes from Christian Mommy Blogger. If you missed the last post in the series, please check back HERE.

Guest post by Nikki of Intentional By Grace

I thought I had it all figured out. I was going to have my baby and then, once I was recovered and refreshed, I would head back to work.
Boy was I in for a surprise!
Sister, just because we stay at home doesn’t mean we aren’t working our heineys off. It is hard. Really hard. And so is the decision to commit to staying home!

The decision to actually stay at home didn’t happen overnight, but it didn’t take much time to see why I needed to stay home.

How was I to train my children in the way they should go if I wasn’t home? I was perplexed…join me, Nikki, over at Christian Mommy Blogger where I share the reasons and motivation behind leaving my “real” job for a really big job!

By Erin Odom, of The Humbled Homemaker

People often ask how I can be a stay-at-home mom when we can barely afford it.

“Rice and beans,” I tell them. “Rice and beans.”

But in all seriousness, to use the old cliche, when there is a will, there is {often} a way.

I won’t pretend it’s easy. My husband is a high school teacher (and a pretty amazing one, I might add!). He makes a true difference in the lives of his students. But the pay is slim. He gets paid the end of every month, and some months, our pantry and fridge are mostly bare those last few days. Continue reading →