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14 years ago @ http://lorialexander.b... - Girls Going To College · 2 replies · +2 points

I do agree it's hard to think about what other people will think of you, but if you are in His will is does't matter.

I think what we're doing is crazy, but look at Abraham again. Abraham didn't know he was making the Bible or what the outcome would be when he went anywhere God asked him to go or when he went to give his son as a sacrifice, but he knew that God was faithful. Imagine what people thought of him! I'll be praying for you Michelle!

14 years ago @ http://lorialexander.b... - Girls Going To College · 6 replies · +2 points

We have been praying and praying, and we have decided that we will take a leap of faith and I'll quit. My husband and I both happened to read about Abraham and the faith that he had was incredible.

We don't know what will happend or what the future holds, but we know that we are living in his will. We know that the desires we have in our hearts for me to stay home are from God, and we trust that he will provide. I've seen time and time again God blessing families (enough to pay bills) for not sending the mom to work outside of the home. I think sometimes we limit God by trying to take it into our own hands (ie..working). We say, "we trust you God, but not enough to take this HUGE leap of faith we both feel you're asking us to take."

14 years ago @ http://lorialexander.b... - Girls Going To College · 7 replies · +2 points

I so understand Michelle. We are in the exact same boat. I'm expecting #3 in July and we will have 3 kids under 2 1/2. I'm so excited about this as I LOVE being a mommy. Right now we do not pay childcare. My dad watched them, but he is moving right after I have this baby.

As we look into chilcare it will take more than 1/2 my salary to pay for it and my $200 in gas commuting/month, but at the same time I am the only provider right now. My husband opened a business, but it has not brought home an income yet.

14 years ago @ http://lorialexander.b... - Girls Going To College · 2 replies · +1 points

That's great that you were able to come out of a private university with no debt, but that is not the norm! I went and I walked about with 40k and my husband with 70k, and we were both persuaded our whole lives to attend this college that was part of our denomination. We now pay over $1000/mo in student loans and it is killing us. So much for making $40/hr when so much is going to loans! I can't be a SAHM mom now because of our school debt alone, and my only dream in life has been to be a SAHM not to get a business degree that I now despise.

14 years ago @ http://lorialexander.b... - Girls Going To College · 0 replies · -2 points

Agreed!!

14 years ago @ http://lorialexander.b... - Girls Going To College · 1 reply · +1 points

I know that if something were to happen to my husband I would be taken care of by any of my family members, my sister, mom, in-laws, grandparents, etc... I even know some people in our church that would probably take my children and I in.

I will teach my daughters that their highest calling that we should proud and excited about is to be a wife/mother. However, like with your daughter in school, I will not discourage it if it is something they want to do.

14 years ago @ http://lorialexander.b... - Girls Going To College · 2 replies · -1 points

I LOVE this post. I HATE how most chidren/women (including me) was raised that college is the ONLY option. Yes, I think it might be a good option for some women, but I do not believe it is te only option.

I went to a private Christian university, graduated in 3 years and still have 40k in debt (which is on the lower end of my other friends that graduated from there). We now pay $500/mo just for my past schooling all for the sake of a back-up plan!

Yes, I know anything in life can happen, but I will not teach my daugthers that going to college is a must and that they should spend 3/4 years, pay 80k+ and get in debt all for the sake or fear and having a back-up plan.

14 years ago @ http://lorialexander.b... - Teenage Depression · 0 replies · +1 points

Great post!

That is one of the several reasons we want to homeschool our children when they get to school age. My nephew goes to school at 7, and he doesn't get home until 6 and sometimes later becaue of the extra activities he's in. THEN, on top of that he has homework. It's outrageous to me. His parents then get onto him about how he's getting behind in school. What adult could handle that kind of schedule? I know I couldn't.

14 years ago @ http://lorialexander.b... - Be His Private Garden · 0 replies · +1 points

My husband LOVES the book Lori referred. He has guys that he mentors and he always has them read it. There is a book called Preparing your son for Every Man's Battle too that my husband recommends fathers with sons to read. We have one son right now (and I think the little one in my belly is a boy too) and I'm leaving this are up to him. He said it teaches you how to get your son on the right foot from a young age.

14 years ago @ http://lorialexander.b... - A Sex Starved Husband · 1 reply · +1 points

I was very naive and innocent when I got married (which I am very thankful for!!). I knew the concept of sex, but I honestly didn't know how it worked, how guys worked and so on.

I want to raise my daughter to be pure when they get married, but do you think we're harming them by never really talking about it before they get married??? I have years before my children will be old enough for this discussion, but what's the right age? How much detail do you go into? Do you explain that a lot of women don't just have the "desire" for sex but once they say start they usually enjoy it? Do you explain how men work to your daughter and vise versa?

Sorry, obivoulsy no one ever talked about it around it. It was just something I knew was sacred for marriage. period.

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