Determined to make a change for good

Title: Professional SAHM & SAHD

Key Accomplishments:   Provide senior leadership in the collaborative and coordinated logistics; public relations; activities; security; medical treatment;  meal preparation; facility improvements, upgrades, and maintenance; budget development and administration; scheduling; goal-setting; daily instruction, and other varied functions as the need arises for the husband/wife and children I am happily responsible for.

Stay-At-Home-Moms & Dads (SAHMs & SAHDs) have no gaps in their work experience…

We sometimes find ourselves wishing things were different.

Wishing all towns would be more responsive to having carefully paved sidewalks so kids can walk safely around our neighborhoods. 

Wishing policy makers would grant more financial aid to our schools so they could better reach goals they set for student achievement and teacher performance. 

Wishing our schools would provide even greater opportunities for our children. 

Wishing we had more hours in the day to accomplish everything in our busy schedules.  

                                                                                                                             Photo: Copyright http://www.frederickdouglass.org/douglass_bio.html

But, sometimes instead of using all of our resources to contact people who can help start making changes; we sit around wishing and thinking about how great things would be "if only..."

Then we read about the life of determined individuals like Frederick Douglass, and we feel somewhat convicted about sitting around wishing other people would make our lives easier…our already relatively easy lives compared to the life Mr. Douglass lived.

Born in a slave cabin in February 1818, Frederick Douglass was separated from his mother as an infant and raised by his grandparents.  He was abandoned at the age of six, and at the age of eight he was sent away to live as a houseboy with the relatives of his slave master.

But, little Frederick developed a love of reading and writing, and his slave mistress began teaching him the alphabet.  When the slave master found out his wife was teaching Frederick to read, he forced her to stop.

That didn’t hinder Frederick because he was determined to learn on his own.  He would give away his food to the neighborhood boys in exchange for reading and writing lessons.

With a determined will to succeed in life, Mr. Douglass was guided by three key principles that allowed him to enjoy many significant accomplishments; among which was the role he played as one of President Abraham Lincoln’s most trusted advisors. 

We can all make a change for good by following Frederick Douglass’s three keys for success in life: 

1.       Believe in yourself.

2.       Seize every opportunity.

3.       Use the power of spoken and written language to effect positive change for yourself and for society.

Stephanie Evans
Professional SAHM

Stephanie Evans and her husband, Bill, live in New Jersey with their three daughters who are ages five, three, and one.  Stephanie has a B.S. degree in Music Education and taught Music for 11 years in the public school system.  She loves children and enjoyed being a teacher, but she loves being a SAHM even more!  Stephanie is a regular Contributing Writer for LifelineExtensions.blog.

Sharon M. Biggs, M.A., is a wife, mother, and 21st Century educational leader who serves as Co-Chair & President of Lifeline Foundation, Inc.  This 23-year educator is also Founder, Editor, and Chief Writer of LifelineExtensions.blog.  View Sharon's other published works at www.examiner.com.

Contact Sharon directly for more information:  sharonbiggs@mylifelinefoundation.org

"Children are the globe's most precious commodity."
(Terence H. Biggs, Jr. ~ 2009)