tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4307360448382903712.post6261091655862632952..comments2023-12-21T00:50:08.573+11:00Comments on "No reading at the breakfast table": Now that I'm in the working mum camp ...Jennyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17557633180012575687noreply@blogger.comBlogger7125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4307360448382903712.post-87000148513798643092012-03-04T21:34:13.531+11:002012-03-04T21:34:13.531+11:00So what is a proper mother?So what is a proper mother?Sandranoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4307360448382903712.post-87296288433059922942012-03-04T15:55:31.374+11:002012-03-04T15:55:31.374+11:00Oh, that vexed concept, the 'proper' mothe...Oh, that vexed concept, the 'proper' mother. <br />I'm thinking of you and praying for you as you settle into things :)Kathhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06766959085269574785noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4307360448382903712.post-7692760746409483612012-03-04T08:36:22.194+11:002012-03-04T08:36:22.194+11:00Proverbs 31 woman lived in a pre-Industrial Revolu...Proverbs 31 woman lived in a pre-Industrial Revolution household where work life WAS home life. Home was work, work was home, there wasn't some sense of choice in the matter, it's just that she did what was on her plate with commitment! Sounds like you are too. Plus I think that chapter is more of a metaphor on Wisdom anyway :-)<br /><br />I think you're right that people are curious, I certainly am. Maybe you can redefine 'proper behaviour' for us? Or obliterate the idea altogether...Ginahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06422492795264972573noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4307360448382903712.post-37212734515393007232012-03-03T16:09:55.583+11:002012-03-03T16:09:55.583+11:00Some random thoughts after reading your post...
I...Some random thoughts after reading your post...<br /><br />I want a cleaner....isn't it great that the Proverbs 31 woman sets us such a good example in this!?<br /><br />I have missed your blog posts :) but completely get the craziness of trying to squeeze stuff into one non-working day a week. <br /><br />With you on the "sense that what I'm doing isn't quite the proper behaviour for a mother of five (and a Christian one at that..." I feel this quite often. <br />And agree that you can't do this without the help of a legendary husband. Mine can cook, clean and look after kids with the best of them :)<br /><br />So glad to hear you're surviving though. It's a big transition you're making. Look forward to hearing more of your thoughts about it as time goes on...Karenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16213944904796774622noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4307360448382903712.post-81499217402704482662012-03-03T14:42:29.197+11:002012-03-03T14:42:29.197+11:00Jenny I was wondering how you were going! I was on...Jenny I was wondering how you were going! I was one of them.. All the way over here in blighty. Main reason ( and entirely selfishly) was a mild anxiety that now that you have joined the ranks of working mum, you might give up your blog! It has been a source of great personal concern Jenny. However.. I see it has not happened.. So, by all means keep the day job, but please keep the blog too!lucyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10945001202234947135noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4307360448382903712.post-51176085152755886332012-03-03T14:17:33.158+11:002012-03-03T14:17:33.158+11:00I'm with Simone. She had "servant girls&...I'm with Simone. She had "servant girls" plural. And so it's fine to go about and consider vineyards and buy and sell in the market place and, yes, even to have others do your household chores so you can concentrate on the above. To the benefit of your family, the praise of your husband and of course the glory of God.Debhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17323321295593693009noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4307360448382903712.post-9854211616645834072012-03-03T09:50:26.068+11:002012-03-03T09:50:26.068+11:00The proverbs 31 woman had more than one cleaner!The proverbs 31 woman had more than one cleaner!simone rhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16626356778188873309noreply@blogger.com