Why I'm okay with being just a housewife.

"I know what it is to be in need, I know what it is to have plenty. I have learned the secret of being content in any and every situation,whether we'll feed or hungry,whether living in plenty or want. 13 I can do all this through Him who gives me strength. ~philippians4:12-13

This past week I had a conversation with a lady who was, how can I put this nicely...offended that I was a doctor who choose to be a housewife. Yes you read that correctly, I offend her delicate sensibilities that I choose with pride to be a homemaker instead of making my own money. There are two very large problems with that statement.
1) This was my calling and my season to live this life.
2) No matter how much money I make, it will be our money.
I don't write this post lightly. Nor do I right this to offend those who choose to be working wives and mothers. I was raised by a mother who worked two jobs until I was 22. Till this day I admire and am forever greatful for the sacrifices and the hard work she put in, to make sure I had a chance in life. To the lady who was offend, please let me explaine something to you. 11 years ago when I became an army wife, not fully knowing what that entailed, I had a career, I was just graduating college with a bachalers and living a life of blind unknowing and nativety. Then my dear husband came home, looked me in the eyes, with his heart on his sleeve and said " I know I'm delpolying soon, but I really need you there with me." And that was it, that was the moment I jumped in with both feet and never looked back. I left my job, my family and friends, for a life of unknown.
Little did I know what God had in store for me. This housewife made friends, she was trained in how to deal with family losses, the school of army hard knocks, but most importantly to listen to the voice of calm and understanding that is Christ.
This housewife was able to be a comfort to other spouses during unexpectedly long deployments, give that tired momma with 3 under 3 a break on Sunday's, help a friend going through school finish her degree by becoming best friends with her two year old. And even to this day 11 years later God is still training this stay at home wife and mother. He prepared me and steadied my heart to be available for that special needs baby He blessed us with. I use that doctoral degree to concuiel woman and sit and pray with friends who are struggling. I rejoice in the fact that friends can call on me to sit with them or their babies when they drop kitchens-aide mixers on their feet. So on days like today, where I'm wearing yoga pants instead of a suit, bear feet instead of heels, because I'm tending to my
home. Preparing my family for the next adventure. God has taught me patients, the act of extending grace, the joyful noise of
laughing with friends in the middle of the day just because. This is my season and my story for now, and God has given me the peace to be okay with that. I'm over joyed that
my paycheck comsiste of thank you's, hugs, and army plaques. I'm content to wear the title housewife.