Not What You Think
We’re fast approaching the 3rd month SL turned homemaker. Apparently, I don’t think any of our concerns/worries about going this route really materialized. So, we thank God and are glad that we heeded the prompting to make this turning point a reality.
We were encouraged by positive words from friends. Most recently is a friend who told SL that she admired our courage to embrace this change. Some thought it is easy since SL has all the time to herself. Well, not quite. She may be even busier (if not as busy) than when she was under employment.
Some thought we’ve stay-in maids, sorry we can’t afford that and don’t believe in them. We’ll do whatever we can ourselves. Most of the time, I’ll be doing dishes and laundry after coming home from work and dinner. In the weekends, I’ll be cleaning the floors. With an infant to care for, SL can’t cope with all the housework on her own.
Some thought SL can really sleep in. Sorry, can’t do that either. She has to be up before NN2 so that she can extract milk and start preparing for lunch. By late morning, she’ll need to pick up NN from school hauling along NN2. Still think it is easy?
What we didn’t expect when going this route is the little helps here and there graciously given by my mom and aunts. My mom will try to pick NN from school whenever she can. She also wanted to bond a bit with her granddaughter. Sometimes, she’ll bring fishes for us to make sure we’re properly fed, hmm…moms are moms. At least once or twice a week, my aunt who stays nearby will swing by our place to take care for NN2 while SL goes out to pick up NN.
Going this route also has given me a different perspective on the phrase “abundant blessing”. Most Christians will associate good things (eg. good job, good pay raise, new job with higher pay, the list goes on) coming their way as that. However, I’m glad we’ve so call “lesser” in terms of resources because now we’re even more conscious of relying on Him. As humans, we tend to forget about Him when we’ve abundant blessings.
Lastly but not least, going this route has help me contribute one fewer vehicle on the road because I rely on the LRT going to work and back home. 8-). Overall, not a bad change! The kids looked happy!
We were encouraged by positive words from friends. Most recently is a friend who told SL that she admired our courage to embrace this change. Some thought it is easy since SL has all the time to herself. Well, not quite. She may be even busier (if not as busy) than when she was under employment.
Some thought we’ve stay-in maids, sorry we can’t afford that and don’t believe in them. We’ll do whatever we can ourselves. Most of the time, I’ll be doing dishes and laundry after coming home from work and dinner. In the weekends, I’ll be cleaning the floors. With an infant to care for, SL can’t cope with all the housework on her own.
Some thought SL can really sleep in. Sorry, can’t do that either. She has to be up before NN2 so that she can extract milk and start preparing for lunch. By late morning, she’ll need to pick up NN from school hauling along NN2. Still think it is easy?
What we didn’t expect when going this route is the little helps here and there graciously given by my mom and aunts. My mom will try to pick NN from school whenever she can. She also wanted to bond a bit with her granddaughter. Sometimes, she’ll bring fishes for us to make sure we’re properly fed, hmm…moms are moms. At least once or twice a week, my aunt who stays nearby will swing by our place to take care for NN2 while SL goes out to pick up NN.Going this route also has given me a different perspective on the phrase “abundant blessing”. Most Christians will associate good things (eg. good job, good pay raise, new job with higher pay, the list goes on) coming their way as that. However, I’m glad we’ve so call “lesser” in terms of resources because now we’re even more conscious of relying on Him. As humans, we tend to forget about Him when we’ve abundant blessings.
Lastly but not least, going this route has help me contribute one fewer vehicle on the road because I rely on the LRT going to work and back home. 8-). Overall, not a bad change! The kids looked happy!posted by skng74 | 11:45 AM
1 Comments:
sky:
well, I hope I have the kids' grandma to take them out sometimes :-)
God's garce is upon you. Someimes, you just need to do it to experience it.
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