When a Season of Motherhood Isn’t What You Expected

My life in this season of motherhood is not at all what I expected. I thought when my littles grew up, I would have all the time in the world to do all the things I couldn’t find time for when they were small.

Thank goodness God didn’t give me what I expected.

A decade ago my five children were 7, 8, 9, 13, and 14. I was still learning how to navigate life as a stay-at-home and homeschooling mom after years working outside the home in full-time professional ministry. Daily homemaking tasks felt ordinary and tedious. I washed and folded the same towels day after day after day. Five children in five different grades meant lots of time planning and teaching to ensure they learned and I survived. I cleaned a house that was never clean, tried to manage the never-ending parade of hormones, and attempted to keep hungry kids happy.

My type A, overachiever, task-oriented personality struggled in frustration with a job that was never done.


Stacy Averette
Stacy Averette
Stacy is a small-town country girl who loves the big city, good food, coffee shops, and thrifting. She earned a Doctor of Education degree from New Orleans Baptist Theological Seminary and served in full-time professional ministry for years. For the last 15 years she's served her family full-time as a stay-at-home wife and mother and loved almost every minute of it. In this season she walks in her calling to encourage believers to persevere in faith by teaching, speaking, coaching, and writing. You can read about her ordinary days with an extraordinary God at stacyaverette.com.

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