Amanda MaguireMore PostsI’m Every Woman….He’s home! I feel exhausted, yet sorta like I made it to the top of Mt. Everest successfully! I did it!! Alone for a week and everyone is alive. I’m not going to lie, it wasn’t all snuggles and hugs. There were a few tantrums, spanks, and time-outs (and that was just me)…by Sunday I would have given my kids away for free! But Jeff came home, took Tuesday off of work and I am a NEW WOMAN! Bring it on sisters!
I’m glad I don’t have to do it again for a few more weeks.
Amanda
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May 28, 2008
I’m Amanda Maguire and I have been “Married to a Youth Pastor” for almost 12 years now. We have 3 kids, Dylan (8) and Molly (6) and Scotty (3). I worked in full-time youth ministry for 4 years, got married and got a “real job”, allowing me to continue to be a volunteer in youth ministry for another 4 years. We started having kids and now I’m just married to the Youth Pastor. I have great friends and a fun life! I have a passion and a calling for wives just like me, married to a Youth Pastor.
I love to write.
I love to do creative activities.
I love to run.
I love to shop.
I love to dine out.
And I would love time to do any of these things more.
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Hi Amanda-
I just came across your blog…my husband actually sent it to me thinking I would enjoy it. He’s a youth pastor (well, student pastor). He does college ministry as well. I just wanted to concur that feeling like a “single mom” when our husbands are gone isn’t all it’s cracked up to be, but makes us all the more grateful for our wonderful husbands. And my husband is so blessed to hear that we are not just “surviving” while he’s gone but actually “thriving”. That doesn’t happen all the time, but sometimes it does. Enjoy your time with your hubby!
Kendra
Glad you made it through the week! Hang in there this summer!!!
Congrats on making it through another span of single parenting! May God continue to bless you with His strength and grace for next time. Hang in there!
I feel like a single parent all the time. Not just when he is away on a trip but my husband is also the audio visual guy at church along with being the paid director of children AND youth ministry. If he isn’t at church for youth group or office hours he is in on our computer writing newsletters figuring out new software for our church website and video presentations or researching new sunday school curriculums or VBS. I think I would be less resentful if he was actually gone out of the house instead of actually being there but the kids and myself forgetting that he is even in the house. Grrr frustrated lately. Thanks for letting me vent
My whole summer looks like it will be two weeks here, two weeks home, etc. I grew up as a pastor’s daughter and most pk’s (pastor’s kids) move a ton, but we stayed in Iowa for 16 years and before that I was too young to remember being anywhere else. My dad is also blind, so we didn’t make a lot of changes around the house even (that helped my dad’s memory to guide him around the house without running into things). My husband seems to love going here and there and rearranging everything in sight (our house, the youth room, the garage, etc.)! I try to go along with the new inconsistencies in my life, but everything just seems to be a blur. When he’s not there it seems I can’t sleep well, and when he is here I’m getting thrown into the volunteer committees just so that I can see him or know what is going on in his life. Can I get a hollaback?!