Sally the Busy Modern Mother

Author and blogger Shontell Brewer offers this fictional, but very realistic bio of a modern Christian mother trying to balance all the activities of a mother today:

Sally is a stay-at-home mom of three kids, ages three, six, and eight. She attends church with her family thirty minutes from her home because the children’s church has “fun” activities for the kids and there is a MOPS (Mothers of Preschoolers) group that meets once a week. She is on two church committees except when retreat rolls around—then she is on four. Her daughter is in dance twice a week because she loves it and has a dancer’s build. Her son is on a traveling baseball team because his arm is basically a Louisville Slugger attached at his shoulder. Her three-year-old participates in a neighborhood playgroup and Gymboree so he can socialize.

The family spends one Saturday a month stocking the shelves at a local food pantry, and they host a small group in their home the other three Saturdays. So she can still be involved with her school-age children, Sally volunteers in their classrooms and serves on the PTA board.

Sally is also exhausted. She wakes up at five so she can clean or have some peaceful time in the shower. She leaves the house at seven thirty and does not typically return until it is time to make dinner. She admits she thought they stayed … well … at home. At the end of her day, she is much too tired for her husband, but she is hopeful they will get a vacation soon.