A while ago, I had read a thought provoking statistic. It
stated that stay-at-home mothers make almost the same amount of money as an
hourly employee in money savings alone! I, at the time, was married, in college
and working an almost full-time job. I was shocked at this statistic and
couldn’t quite believe it! It was amazing to me that here I was working
practically a minimum waged job and going to school to “get a career” in order
to make ends meet, when I could be making the same or more just by staying
home?! I’d always wanted to be a stay at home mom but never thought it was
financially possible for us. I decided to figure out a list of all the things
being a stay at home mom and/or wife would SAVE (therefore money in our bank
account) us money on. This was my list:
-Daycare/Childcare- Even though at the time we didn’t have
any children yet. I plan ahead!
-Food- By me being home to cook almost every night and not
having the excuse “I’m too tired from work”, we could save a lot of money by
not eating out so often. Also, not having to buy breakfast and/or lunch while
at work!
-Gas- I wouldn’t have to drive to and from work every day.
Doesn’t seem like a whole lot of benefit, right? So I looked
into it. This is what I found: They average cost in America for
daycare/childcare a year is over $11,500! That’s about $220 a week! That was
about DOUBLE my paycheck after taxes! Just for childcare alone! Still, we had
no children at the time and although we were trying, I wasn’t even pregnant
yet. I continued to brainstorm and I
just couldn’t justify staying home with no children. I talked to my husband
about it and he LOVED the idea of me being home but I still wasn’t sure. Still,
the idea of being a housewife was constantly on my mind. We began to see what
God’s word said about it and through scriptures (such as Proverbs 31) we finally decided as a family that we felt it best that I be
home. So I gave my job my 2 week notice. The very next week we found out I was
pregnant with our first child. Amazing how God works things out, huh?
So my work as a stay at home wife began.
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