Leaving Stay at Home Mamahood
When I left my job teaching last November I was excited to step into my next season as a stay at home mom. I had grand plans! We were going to go to story times at the library, picnics at the park, my house would stay clean, and there would be yummy meals on the table each night. After I caught up on TV shows and we went to the library and parks a few times, I began to sink into the mundane of each day and it became a prison sentence for me. What is worse is that I knew mothers who were rocking the stay at home mom life and I knew many who wish they could stay at home, so why was I failing? I didn't want to complain about being a stay at home mom because so many view it as a dream job or not really a job at all. Let me set the record straight: it is the hardest job. I promise. For someone like me who has struggled with postpartum depression, being a stay at home mom is the perfect recipe for depression . We are isolated, lonely, unappreciated, purp...