Interest breeds interest.
Identity Crisis
Sometimes we let ourselves be needed too much, at the cost of who we are. Do you ever feel like your husband is just somebody else to take care of? That’s a sign. Sure, he needs you. Sure, you’re called to be a help meet. But being a help meet does not mean losing your own identity.
Marriage, Motherhood, Life
The days before marriage often instigate the problem. You’re in love, you’re anticipating this great wedding and a new life together, and suddenly everything else becomes secondary. That’s important and appropriate for the time, but then we get so caught up in loving and following ‘the man’ that we forget to keep the woman alive.
Motherhood plays a big role in this problem. A new baby is the most demanding creature in the known world. In the midst of 24/7 care of a yammering infant, it’s tough – to put it mildly – to hold onto your own interest. For a while there, you just have to default to survival mode.
Life itself encourages identity loss. Circumstances, situations: you move, you graduate, you lose your continue reading…