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Haley Baumeister's avatar

I loved these interviews. You had quite a prolific period of publishing on here!

The variety was appreciated. One thing that seems to be common in this genre is the high achieving, academically trained, career-oriented woman who realizes she actually wants something different for her life than that box, and figures something out. I suppose you had a bit of those and I loved hearing them! But I was thankful for some women of other dispositions and backgrounds. I say this as a lady who was *never* very academically high achieving or career focused. So for me, motherhood has been a time of realizing I desire the same end goal of not being in a box - but approaching it from the opposite spectrum than the ladies with PhDs or career expectations or whatever. Like, I'm trying to reverse engineer this thing. haha Coming from non-achievement-oriented-background where I actually *only wanted to be a mom* and have just held a series of okay jobs before becoming a mother, and currently trying to figure it out as I go... been an interesting perspective to read this series from. Anyways! This is a ramble! But this whole series has been so fun, and I'm heartened by each interview (and all the wisdom you generally share here).

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ESO's avatar

What a wonderful series, Kerri! I really appreciate this personally, as well as for future reference. My church has a Camp Titus program for teen girls, where older women seek to mentor and come alongside these young women as they grow. I’m speaking at the next event, and I’m going to work this in!

I’ve also had many conversations with women over the years who are essentially learning the “just do the next thing”—and doing so is a blessing to them, their families, and their communities. A Christian college is starting here, and we (involved church communities) want to cultivate joy and promise in the many opportunities God gives young women. Yes, marriage and children are wonderful, and we stress that. Yes, there are (and I would say usually are!) *many* vocations other than, and/or in addition to, wifehood and motherhood that God gives. This speaks to that reality well. Thanks again!

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