I loved being a stay-at-home mom. Now that my kids are teens, I regret losing my identity in the early years.

I loved being a stay-at-home mom. Now that my kids are teens, I regret losing my identity in the early years.

Courtesy of Terri Peters

I was 27 when I had my first baby, and like most people in their late 20s, I thought I had everything figured out. I'd been raised in a conservative church environment where women were taught their main purpose was to become a wife and then a mother. My husband and I had been married for a few years when we decided to start our family. Bringing a baby into our home felt, at the time, like I was finally fulfilling my purpose.

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