Last week I was at a luncheon and someone asked me, “What do you do?”
A simple question. A question that I have been asked many times. I started to answer, but I really wasn’t prepared with what to say.
Of course I am a wife and a mother, but what do I do?
Really they were just asking out of polite chit chat. Instead of saying something short and concise, I babbled on about how I was working part-time in fitness, and that before moving overseas I was homeschooling my children, and now the kids are keeping me busy with after school sports and activities, and blah, blah, blah… The poor person who asked me the question was probably as confused as I was.
When you become a mom, your identity changes. Your identity is no longer simple.
While I love my job as mom, some days I can feel a real lack of identity, since my primary job goes away for so many hours a day. (My children all started full-time school this past January.) Depending on the day one or more of my kids can be gone anywhere from eight-ten hours. This is a new season. A season that requires me to be much more flexible. And in some ways more available!
I walked away from that question, “What do you do?” Wanting to next time be better prepared. I want to be able to say with confidence exactly what I do. (I might just for fun suggest that I am an ice skater, to see if the person is listening. :))
In actuality I will say that the most important thing that I DO, is love, serve, and nurture my sweet family.
Then I might add, that in my free time I blog, instruct fitness classes, and am a Personal Organizer and Trainer. If they are still interested I’ll invite them to a class or give them my website address.
Whether you are a veteran momma or a newbie momma I encourage you to also define your identity. You are a mother, but you have many other identities as well. Share yourself, be confident in your response, be at peace within your season.
Share with me…what do you do? What season are you in?
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