SAHM I Am
I know I promised a new series all about being a SAHM and then last week didn’t post, sorry about that last Saturday was the big moving day. So on to the topic at hand. I guess I will begin with why I am a SAHM. I have always wanted a family and being a SAHM has always been my priority. I know it is not for everyone and can be hard in a world that is based on dual incomes. But when I became pregnant with my first child one month after getting married my husband and I decided we would make it work no matter what. Well there have definitely been some major financial struggles and we do not live a glamorous lifestyle but I wouldn’t trade a minute of it. I have been home for every first for both of my girls, I have gotten to teach them about the world and they have taught me even more. I have also been pushed to my limits and challenged in ways I never knew possible. Couponing and this blog have helped me to stretch our budget and so has creativity.
When I decided to be a SAHM my husband and I did not take finances into account, I know it sounds crazy but we made a lifestyle decision over a financial decision. To us me being home with our kids was the most important thing and we would make sacrifices in other areas to make it work. So here we are 4 years later and number 3 on the way. I am still a SAHM and no matter how tight money has gotten that has not changed. My husband works hard and does what it takes to provide an amazing life for us. We don’t drive new cars or go on fancy vacations but the reward of being home with my girls is more than enough compensation. So that is my becoming a SAHM story in a nut shell. Check back next week for more thoughts on being a SAHM.
I’m right there with you. It is an amazingly tough job, but I’m glad to be able to do it.
Same here! Great post.
I love how you said that your decision to be a SAHM was not a financial decision! My husband and I approached it the same way and we have been unbelievably blessed. Our first baby is due any day and we have not had to spend a penny out of pocket on all the baby stuff– it was just given to us! We felt the call on our lives to have me stay home and we have been so blessed by God in the process. Kudos to you and your husband for making the lifestyle the more important choice over the money! Your girls and the coming baby will be so blessed because of your faithfulness!
Our decision for me to be a SAHM was also NOT about finances! Sometimes you have to make things work if you really want them no matter what! I am with ya on being soooo challenging, but it’s also very rewarding for me and for them! I love it, and if I have another child(it would make my 4th, which I very might well..) I will stay at home with it to! They are only young for so long. I want their values, and learning to come from me! We don’t live lavish lives either but we try to be very faithful to God, which is the most important thing to us anyway! Good post! Thanks for writing it!!
I know just how you feel. I’m also a SAHM with 3 boys
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Thanks for all of your great comments, we have been very blessed and found that trusting in God and staying true to our values has brought us the truest happiness we could ever imagine! I am glad you have had the same experience.
Amen! God bless you for putting family first. I love being a SAHM too, it is wonderful and I wouldn’t trade it for anything!