My baby girl got a doll for her birthday.
A life-like doll.
It’s like we have a new member of the family.
Today, I heard her ask her brother to hold her baby
so that she could run upstairs.
He asked why she couldn’t take the baby with her. She said,
“I need to do something that doesn’t involve the baby.”
So. She needed her brother to care for the baby.
I kind of loved this little exchange.
It was a simple answer that
needed no further explanation.
I need to do something and I can’t do it
while I am holding a baby.
So I need some help.
Why do we make it complicated?
Why do we unnecessarily involve
guilt and shame when a mom says,
“I need to do something that doesn’t involve the baby.”
It could be she wants to take a six-mile run or perhaps
she is a doctor, a creative, or maybe she is CEO of an architect firm.
Why do we question motives and values when
a mom wants to use the gifts God has given her?
I mean, seriously, why?
Yes, there’s a cost if we pursue our gifts in ways that
take us away from our families.
There’s also a cost that is accrued when
we don’t pursue opportunities to use our talents.
Which costs more?
It’s up to each individual person and
each individual family has to weigh the costs.
And so most of the time,
99% of the time –
that doesn’t include you or me.
When a mom needs to do something
and she needs to do it with her hands free
to serve, work, love, heal, teach.
Cheer her on.
Support her.
Encourage her.
Don’t question her love for her children.
Don’t project on to her burdens that
she doesn’t carry.
She’s given a simple answer.
Sometimes she needs her hands free
to give the world what has been put
within her heart and mind.
It’s a simple answer –
let’s not complicate it.
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