Lisa Zahn

My previous post on this topic served to "get this off my chest" so I'm less enthused about writing the nitty-gritty of it.  But here goes, in list form and in no particular order as far as importance...some of my reasons for being a SAHM/homemaker: 1)  I'm no good at multi-tasking.  Unlike most women, and this probably has to do with being an introvert and my brain working over-time so much of the time even when I appear to be doing "nothing", I don't multi-task very well.  Whether knitting and watching TV, or working and being a mom, I don't do two things at a time.  Except for reading.  I can read and do just about anything else, but then I am an obsessive reader.  Oh, and thinker.  I think and do other things all the time! 2)  My chosen profession, what I went to school for and my other "calling" is just too demanding.  This was made very clear to me last week when I had to plan and lead one little half-hour worship service and ...

A week ago Sarah at Clover Lane wrote this great blog post called I Don't Know How She Does It: The Real Truth and it really chimed with me.  It's about blogging and how bloggers present themselves to the world and are seen by their readers as perfect and all-together and good at everything they do.  I get that and why it's important to present the behind-the-scenes reality once in a while...who ever lives every day like their Christmas letters, after all? My hearts But that the post was about making choices and saying "no" actually spoke a lot more to me than it did about blogging.  I've been thinking about writing a post on why I'm (still) a stay-at-home-mom now that my kids are teen-agers, and really that choice, too, is all about saying no.  And oh, I've had to say "no" to so many things but I am so, so happy I have! Women get really defensive about their choices of whether to work outside the home while mothering, or whether to...