Motherhood is a gift and a season of life
to treasure. If you’re a mom, you can stand with dignity, offer no apology for what you
do, and say, "I’m a wife and mother. I love my job."
Jill
Savage, author of Professionalizing Motherhood, encourages moms to take pride in
their chosen career and share with people that they are in the profession of motherhood.
Take
a look at your job description and discover some ways to enhance your resume:
- Do you live by a basic to-do list each
day? Understand your goals in motherhood and live by a purpose-oriented to-do list.
- Does your household sometimes feel
more like a group of roommates than a team? Strengthen your family identity and plan
consistent family nights.
- Make grace prominent in your home.
Explore 10 characteristics of grace-filled relationships.
- Increase the laughter potential at
your job. Identify and eliminate humor hang-ups.
- Further your career as a mom and
educate yourself with referrals for mothers at home.
Purpose-Oriented To-Do List
Does your to-do list look like this? This
list reflects not only the tasks that a full-time mom accomplishes during the day, but
also her reasons for doing them and her long-term goals as a mother.
- Read to Austin to expand his
imagination and comprehension skills.
- Help Erica with her homework to assist
with her education.
- Take Anne to the library so she can
complete her school project.
- Take Evan to piano lessons to develop
his musical talents.
- Teach Austin how to match shapes.
- Wash four loads of laundry to take
care of my family’s physical needs.
- Prepare breakfast to give my children
a nutritional start to the day.
- Clean up the kitchen to take care of
the home God has given me.
- Cook dinner to give my family the
opportunity to sit, talk and be refreshed.
Rethink what you do and why you do it.
Some of your list items cannot be done just with “quality time.” They also take
quantities of time. The value of being there for our children in simple ways can never be
underestimated.
