Stay Home Moms are a Community

The 45th Drive NE cul-de-sac Moms is a community that is held together by friendship. Moms crave companionship outside their home, someone to make them feel normal and to share the ups and downs of life. We are held together by that need for friendship. We are drawn to each other and each other’s experiences, anxiously waiting for moments when we can all meet up outside and talk about life. We great relationships with our husband’s, but we know that our husbands can not understand us the way we understand each other.

Belonging to this community has many advantages. We have common interests that we share outside of being a mom. One mom has been my running partner for the past seven years. Another mom and I share the struggle of making it on one income. All of us fight the daily battle of weight, always talking about better ways to be healthier and sharing new tips that we have learned. We count on each other emotionally, to support one another when times are tuff. It’s a constant cycle of one of us needing a shoulder to cry on or listening ear. Family is our number one priority and we can always count on one another for support with our children. We are a community that truly needs one another. I don’t know where I would be emotionally if I had never become part of this community.

One of the only tensions my community may have is difference in parenting. Everyone respects each others decisions, but it is only natural to disagree with another parent’s decisions or lack of discipline at times. There have been arguments, but we have always worked through them. We realize that relationships are not perfect.

I fit in with this community for several reasons. First, I live here. Anyone, with or without kids, in our cul-de-sac is welcomed to spend time with us. Second, I need the friendship. Being a stay home mom, my cul-de-sac is one of the few places I can get out and talk to other people. I don’t go to work and don’t have many other options. Last, it is wonderful to be able to let your children play and have someone to talk to during that time. I couldn’t imagine not being part of this community. It’s not just a community to me, but a family.