2 cents

So here I am playing Bejeweled Blitz and thinking about my views on life. Growing up one might have called me a bit of a feminist. I didn't want to get married, I didn't want kids, and I wanted to go to work and become more powerful than the man. Realistic?--not really. I did go to university though, I got an education and I still have a yearning for more knowledge. Life didn't exactly go as I'd planned. I met my future husband at 18 years old, and got married a month and a half before my 20th birthday. I'm now 22 with a University degree, a 6 month old daughter, and I've been married for almost 3 years. So, with my background in woman power, how did I end up a stay at home Mom?

I believe that a woman's place is in the home. You may call me traditional, but honestly that's what we're best at. A man works at firstly an education, and secondly a career while the woman rears the children as best she can. Before babies, I worked and after babies I will work again but I will not sacrifice my child's upbringing so that I can fulfill my need to work. I don't think it's wrong to go to work while you still have young children, but I believe that children need a parent to teach them and provide an example while they are young. I plan on going back to work once Rosalin is a year and working enough to help financially and maintain my nursing license. However, I don't plan on getting a babysitter. If I want to leave the house, it'll be sacrificing my time, not the baby's. I plan on working evenings, night shifts, or weekends while Spencer is home and is able to care for our daughter in my place. I strongly believe that no one can raise my daughter with the knowledge and love for her that my husband and I have.

Women, take care of your little ones. Men, take care of your family. Everything will work out in the end.