Posted in Mothering
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So
here I am, my inaugural entry into my first blog. I thought this would
be an appropriate title since, not only am I kicking off what I hope
will be a long-running chronicle of our homeschooling adventures, but
we're also preparing to begin our home school (officially anyway,
though I maintain that we've been homeschooling since March of 2001!)
in just a few short months. We will have a kindergartener! The days of
his babyhood have certainly flown by. I'l start by explaining the title of my blog, "my401K". I'll confess that I'm not very creative when it comes to naming things (our first born is a "3rd" and I had a cat named Kitty when I was in second grade). So when I decided to start this blog I enlisted the help of a few creative friends and family members. My sister was actually the one who came up with this title for me and as soon as I saw it I knew it would be perfect. Before I even read "Now, it might sound weird at first...", I had already taken it in the very same direction that she had intended. Let me explain... Since we were newly married, and especially since starting a family, it has become very important to us to challenge what is seen as societies "norm" and hold those things up to the light of scripture. Every facet of life, from the way men and women are to relate to eachother in marriage, to how many children they should have, how they should discipline them, and so on and so on, is challenged in our society. One area most commonly and most ferociously attacked is how mothers should spend their days. Society tells us that women are wise to plan for their financial futures by getting back to work as soon as those 6 weeks maternity leave are over. After all, families need two nice cars, a couple of fun vacations during the year and LOTS of great presents at Christmastime, right? And we need to be able to feel secure that we will be taken care of financially in our golden years, right? And the kids will be just fine in daycare. That's the way of life for tons of kids and they're turing out fine, right? Right?! So one of those notions that we challenged early on (before we were even married, actually) was where and how I would spend my time once we were blessed with children. Was it savvy for me to charge into the working world every morning right beside my husband so that, together, we could ensure our financial freedom? We decided that the most wise investment that we could make would not come by way of money. It would come by way of my time, my love, my patience, my diligence, my care, essentially my entire life, invested for the sake of our family. The payoff down the road will not be monetary, instead it will bring something that money can never buy. This investment into our family, into our children specifically, is "my401K". I look so forward to the day when our children are grown and walking in Truth; when they are wise, mature, godly men and women raising up their children - our grandchildren! That will be a sweet payoff, far sweeter than a few thousand bucks. |
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