Forget what the politicians and pundits tell you; women have always worked. Living on one working or middle class income requires careful budgeting, and if you examine the various economic situations of the generations preceding us, it was even harder then. So how did women balance work and family before daycare centers sprang up on every corner? They worked at home. They took up crocheting, took in laundry, even took in other people’s children. They raised gardens and livestock to feed their families and sold the surplus. Proverbs 31 talks admiringly about a woman of valor who contributes to her family through entrepreneurship and investment. If you find that your checkbook balance is lower than the presidential approval ratings, it’s time to stop worrying and start thinking of ways you can relieve the strain without being gone forty hours a week.
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