Hi, My name is Faith Mayer and I am new to blogging. It was suggested to me today that perhaps I might be interested in starting a blog about stay-at- home moms. This was in response to a conversation I had with Polly Pearson of EMC in Hopkinton and a new book launch. The book, The Working Mothers Experience is a series of personal essays about life as a working mom at EMC. In the course of our e-mail exchanges, I noted that I’d love to see the other side told as well, and so, here I am. In the 15 years I’ve been parenting,  I’ve been both a stay-at-home mom and a working mom.  I am mom to four children a whippet, two cats, a parakeet named Tito and on occassion, my husband.  

I stayed home full time for the first 5 years of my older two boys lives, and have worked as a freelance writer from home since the birth of my third son. Now, with all four kids running busy lives, I work some and stay home some. I am a day camp director for a local Cub Scout Camp, I continue to freelance, I can often be found running projects at the schools, I’m very involved in the local scouting community and I continue to care for my home. I love my life – there’s little I would trade, but I’d love a few extra hours in a day, a cook and a cleaning lady.

I’m hoping that folks around the world will catch on to what this blog is about. I hope to start a conversation about how we can best support each other in our visions of the future. I  believe all women want the same things, but  we each must follow our own path to get there. I also think woman are looking for connections, and I know young mom’s are lacking support if all of their friends are working. It’s tough being “on” 24/7 just ask another woman.

Let’s open some dialogue. What makes you happy you chose to be at home? What makes you wish you worked? What are your days like? Tell us your stories. I look forward to empowering woman to band together and offer a stronger future for both our sons and our daughters.  It’s time to move beyond the Mommy Wars of the past and begin to come together as woman to offer a brighter future. I’m excited to see where this goes.

Faith