Why is it that about once a month the culture conversation about motherhood explodes? I often see these debates arise and ask myself, “Motherhood has been around since the dawn of time, why can’t we figure this thing out and move on?”
Well, that’s because it’s complicated and frought. It’s one of the highest calls of humanity, to lay your life down for another, being lived out by sinful and broken women.
Last weekend, Chappell Roan went on the “Call Her Daddy” podcast and said that the women she knows who are mothers seem like they are in hell. And of course, as the internet goes, everyone has an opinion.
On today’s episode, I am not so much giving a hot take on her comment as diving into why the cultural conversation about motherhood is the way it is. I take an honest look at motherhood and why someone (often including mothers) think that women with small children are miserable.
But we will not sit and in the challenges of motherhood because I don’t believe that serves anyone. We are going to dive into Genesis chapter 3, discover why the conversation around motherhood always seems so negative, discuss how the Church calls us to something much higher, how mothers often feel stuck in the middle and what we can do about it.
Let me know your opinions and thoughts on the show as well as what topics you would like me to cover.
Also, if you would like to dive into my other work, feel free to grab a copy of Rekindled, my story of abandoning God, leaving Catholicism, and returning whole heartedly. You can also purchase Bible Studies I’ve written and dive into those as well.
And, if you would be so kind, I’d love for you to share this episode with a friend to help me build the show.
God is good and the Gospel is in everything.
Trying, oh trying, to be a joyful mother today,
Mallory Smyth
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