He changed my mindset and allowed me to see that I was not unemployed I was working full-time as a mother without even realizing it. He allowed me to look at this time as an opportunity instead of a setback. I am a firm believer that there is meaning and a purpose behind everything, and I was determined to see what God wanted from me and for me during this transition. But in the back of my mind, I was panicking-month after month went by with no calls for interviews or job offers.Īfter months of looking for work with no luck, I started to think about why God allowed this to happen. Spending all of this time with him was enlightening as I got to see firsthand how he was evolving and growing. I took care of him during the day and applied to job after job at night while he slept. I was frantic and overwhelmed with the idea of providing for my son with no income readily available. What kind of mother can’t provide for her child? I thought to myself. Getting laid off was devastating-I felt like a failure. I walked into work one day and was told that I was being let go. My journey to becoming a stay-at-home mom, or SAHM, started back in 2010 when my son was 7 months old and I was working as a newspaper editor. It wasn’t until I became a stay-at-home mom myself that I started to appreciate and respect the decision these women made to stay home on a full-time basis. When I thought of a woman who didn’t work, I thought of Peggy Bundy from Married with Children, a woman who spent her time watching soap operas, eating bon bons, and creating a permanent dent in her living room couch. I was never familiar with the term “stay-at-home mom”-growing up, I never saw examples of Black women staying home with their children.
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