Someone told me about this blog called the Mommy Revolution where these two Christian moms talk about motherhood and I've been reading a little bit of it. This is their manifesto.

We believe that:

• Both mothers and children should thrive in the parent/child relationship.
• A women doesn’t stop having dreams when she starts raising children.
• Women need emotional support from other women.
• Mothers can do anything we want to, but we don’t have to do everything well.
• There is something good to found even in the most difficult parenting stage.
• Motherhood is not as all-important as we think it is. We are one of the many factors that shape our children. We need to be the best moms we can be while recognizing that we are not the center of the universe.
• Parenting is collaborative, not competitive. None of us can—or should—do it alone.
• Life is not all about you, but it’s not all about your kids, either.
• Only mothers get to define what our motherhood looks like.
• Motherhood changes who we are, but it doesn’t define who we are.
• There is more than one way to parent well.
• Motherhood is just part of a whole and integrated life.
• A good mom provides food, shelter, clothing, love, support, encouragement, and all the honesty, wisdom and kindness she can. Everything else—rides the to mall, attendance at soccer games, participation in endless rounds of Pretty Pretty Princess—is gravy.

We want to create a culture of motherhood in which:

• Women make decisions that feel right for us and our families.
• Good fathers are part of the parenting equation. That means they get credit for the work they do and the unique presence they have in the lives of our children. It means we stop believing they can’t parent as well as we can. Being revolutionary moms means making room for revolutionary dads.
• Women support each other instead of critique each other.
• The fact that we have children doesn’t lead to assumptions about we are or what we do.
• Our decisions are driven by the emotional and physical well-being of every member of the family–not just the kids and not just the parents.
• Our children are one of the many gifts we give to the world.
• It’s okay to miss the way we lived before we had children.
• Women are encouraged to figure out what we are passionate about and supported by our families and friends as we live out those passions.

I think it's helping me work through the decision about whether or not to work part time in the fall. Right now I'm still praying about doing what God wants for me, what He thinks I can handle and what would honor Him and my family the most.