Book Review: Surprised By Motherhood
By: Lisa-Jo Baker
Another one down. Not my favorite book... but great concepts and left me with a few think about it concepts. Overall it gave a great perspective of becoming a mother after never planning to and all the challenges you have to over come to do so.
Lisa-Jo Starts her story with the death of her own mother. She never planned to be a mother and focused on her education and career. The original agreement with her husband was NO kids. She then describes the journey of pregnancy and new babies and how she was surprised by how much sh liked being a mother.
A few likes:
I loved her analogy that there is no road map for kids.
I loved her observation of “pregnancy, like marriage, is an act of courage and faith”
She talked about having all the gear you need for kids but then what????
The best part was this
“God doesn't ask us to trade who we are for the label of 'Mom'. Rather, He builds all the courage and calling of a lifetime into a story line big enough and rich enough to encompass kids, passion, work, creativity, and dreams that don't end in the labor and delivery ward.”
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