tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7531721995157225088.post815375952596470698..comments2023-04-15T08:46:27.315-04:00Comments on Civil Thoughts: I Don't Know How She Does It, by Allison PearsonStaci Thomashttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06497149904264816666noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7531721995157225088.post-66505249409758155312011-10-30T15:16:41.610-04:002011-10-30T15:16:41.610-04:00This is the same conclusion I've just come to ...This is the same conclusion I've just come to in the past month! I'm a homemaking, homeschooling wife and mother with a home franchise, too- and this is what the Lord has given me as my "territory" for this season... all of it. Sometimes I ask for less "work" in some area, but this is what has been apportioned me for this time.callihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07071430265983003196noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7531721995157225088.post-53652423991696870322011-09-13T12:39:48.496-04:002011-09-13T12:39:48.496-04:00Staci, I did like this book, but it took me 2/3 to...Staci, I did like this book, but it took me 2/3 to 3/4 of the way into the book to begin to like Kate. I felt like I didn't know her and what I did see I disliked. It was a fairly good portrait of the angst of both the Muffia and the working woman.Gail and Keithhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15113919167639941044noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7531721995157225088.post-84256222834984728562011-08-14T21:54:03.020-04:002011-08-14T21:54:03.020-04:00Aw, Gail. You made my point for me. Thanks! Thi...Aw, Gail. You made my point for me. Thanks! This is exactly what I was trying to say: "We have to choose what is the best for us at the time." and, I would add, we have to choose what is best for us at the time AND with what we've been given. College educated business women are intimidated by women who stay at home because someone else is taking care of their children (the point of the book) and stay-at-home moms are intimidated by the business women because they aren't working at a business. I'm thinking that some of this intimidation would fade away if we'd all give each other the grace to do what we can with what we've been given. And you've certainly done that, from taking care of your children, educating them, and even taking care of JT...you were and continue to be a good steward of what you were given. It gets really tricky when we don't take care of what we've been given in pursuit of what looks bigger or better.<br /><br />I do think that you would like the book. Thanks for your comments.Staci Thomashttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06497149904264816666noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7531721995157225088.post-88313615427096768162011-08-14T20:27:30.182-04:002011-08-14T20:27:30.182-04:00Your review of this book and perspective on workin...Your review of this book and perspective on working outside the home vs not working outside the home makes me want to read the book. However; at the same time the book puts me on the defensive. Coming from a home with seven siblings, children of hard-working parents who had to quit school at 14 to work--college was never discussed as an option for us. My dad made it known that none of his kids would go to college. (no doubt due to finances) And, when I did think of college, I put away the idea because I was afraid of having to write papers. Had I been more ambitious, I could have found a way to go to college and have a career. So, being "a stay-at-home mom" after our first child was born, I look at the successful college educated business woman and feel intimidated. Not always, because I know I am right where God wants me to be, but at the same time......I've often shared with young women that we live our lives in phases, as you wrote. Now I am on to another phase. Neither is wrong, working or, non-working mom. We have to choose what is the best fit for us at the time.Gail and Keithhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15113919167639941044noreply@blogger.com