February 5, 2009 by Stacy McDonald
Dusty, Featured Blogger
I thought some of you might be interested in joining Dusty, a young, stay-at-home mom with a heart for the Lord, who has decided to go through our book,
Passionate Housewives Desperate for God, as a book study on her blog,
To the Moon and Back. It’s so encouraging to see young moms starting out right with their little ones! Here are a few words from her first few chapter studies:
The Housewife Myth: (A Discussion on the Preface)
Part 2
Serving. According to society, it seems a dirty word, doesn’t it? It brings negative images of a woman with messy hair and ratty clothes, who is sleep deprived and weary, who does nothing but clean up after her ungrateful family. This is exactly the stereotype that we much break! Serving is doing as Jesus would do.
“For even the Son of Man did not come to be served, but to serve, and give his life as a ransom for many.”Mark 10:45
Continue to Dusty’s Blog
The Other Side of the Street (Chapter 1)
There’s the old adage that the grass is always greener on the other side. We can take a look at the outward appearance of something or someone and use our own imaginations to create these delusions of grandeur that make our feeble little worlds seem so…drab and imperfect. We want what we can’t have, right? Or should it be that we want what we think we can’t have?
That’s what the first chapter in Passionate Housewives, Desperate for God discusses. It depicts a frazzled housewife at the end of her rope who complains of ungrateful and disobedient children and an unappreciative husband while watching her seemingly very well put together neighbor with envy. She wishes that she had that life, the one without the stress and chaos, without the dirty dishes, without the whining, without the day to day monotony that she experiences as a stay at home wife and mother… Continue to Dusty’s Blog
I got married and had a baby and didn’t really know what to do. I could hardly boil water, no less prepare healthy meals for my husband and child. What about all the other things that come along with being a wife and mother? It isn’t as simple as it sounds, and is quite overwhelming when you are ill prepared for it. I got a crash course, and even now, almost four years later and another baby later, I’m still trying to get my act together. When did we lose the respect for these abilities? Continue to Dusty’s Blog
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Dusty, Featured Blogger
I am so honored that you enjoyed what I have written enough to share it with others! I would love for other women to join in the study with me and share their own thoughts, as I can learn from other’s insights as well! Thank you again, Stacy! God bless.
I cannot wait! Wish I had someone like you or your book when I was a young Mom @ 19. Now Mom to almost 6 I have learned things. Many the hard way, but am so looking foward to your book(on the way in the mail : ) )
Blessings to you and your beautiful family : )
Stacy,
This is unrelated to your post, but I just wanted to tell you that I appreciate your blog and your books. Thanks for being willing to place your life out there for the public to see. I know at times it must be discouraging, but you are encouraging people! Thanks!
That excerpt from the story sounds lovely. I like your flare with fiction, Stacy, and I always thought the name Carolyn was a lovely one that didn’t get used often enough :)
Just one question: the end of that story doesn’t imply that all working moms ultimately fail, does it? Thanks
Dusty- thanks for doing the study! It’s always encouraging to us older moms to see young moms getting the good start we wish we had!
Jeanie – Thanks for writing. With six little ones, I’m sure you have plenty to share too! Like you, I learned many things the hard way and spent a lot of time wishing someone older would disciple me (I still need that). And God is good in giving you and I the opportunity to share with young moms now.
Tonya – Thank you for your kind words. God is good and I think it’s important to live our lives transparently so that others can see the goodness and grace of God in our lives. If He can change someone like me, He can change anyone.
Anonymous – I’m not sure what you mean. In what way did you think the ending of the story implied anything about working moms? Did you read the story? It was about the discontent heart of a stay-at-home mom who was coveting the life of her non-Christian neighbor who had a successful career and no children.
“Did you read the story?”
No; that’s why I was asking. My question was “if” the story implies anything about working moms (or wives). Usually in stories like that, the person comparing their life to someone “perfect” meets the alleged perfect person and is told that their life is really hard, or something. I thought that would be the scenario in this one: that Carolyn meets the working neighbor she thinks has it all, only to hear that the neighbor is really worn out, misses her family, and thinks that working isn’t worth it after all. If that was the case, I wanted to make sure there wasn’t an implication that all working wives/moms secretly feel this way, since certain SAHM authors have tried to make it appear that way. Sorry, guess I didn’t make that clear. I didn’t know until now that the neighbor didn’t have children; I could have sworn I heard that she did and was a working mom. Thanks
Oh wow! I JUST added this book to my 2009 Book List on my blog! I have been married for almost five years and will soon be the mother of 3! I NEVER imagined I would be a homemaker. Just when I thought I was on my way to grad school, God had other plans for me! I am still growing and learning about how much of a blessing it is to be a wife and mother. I can’t wait to read this book!