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1. Tiffany in Virginia says:

   December 10, 2010 at 5:41 pm

   “If more women are buying aprons, that means more women are once again embracing God’s design and returning to the home–returning to raise their children, cook the meals, clean the house, be helpers to their husbands and managers of their homes, therefore having a need for functional, feminine aprons.”

   You do know that it is not one or the other, don’t you? I am proud to be one of the super moms out there who earns six figures, runs my house, cooks almost every dinner, bakes with my children and teaches them to sew and do woodworking and all the great crafts and outdoor things in life. I know you are just excited to see more people buying your products, but it would be nice to see some recognition for those supermoms who do it all, and do it well.

   I just made my sister in law an apron for christmas with a matching one for her daughter and was looking for a nice poem or saying to put with the gift and came across your site. You have lovely aprons, but your backwards thinking on the mother’s limited role in the world just turns me off.

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   • admin says:

     December 30, 2010 at 1:05 am

     Dear Tiffany in Virginia;
     I am sorry for any offence that my return of the apron article may have caused. Please know that it was not my intent. I do recognize that there are many “super moms” out there, doing it all. And, my hat is off to them and you.

     Let me take a minute to explain a little more on my perspective as to the article. First of all, I did not write the article because of my apron business. I actually started the apron business as a result of my observations on the return of women to their homes.

     At the time the article was written, back in 2003, I had just found myself in a position to return home to care for my children. I had two years earlier become a single parent and had had little time with my children because of work and my family was suffering emotionally from the fallout of divorce. I had some loving family members that offered me the opportunity to be at home, to be a mother and to homeschool my children, which had been a longtime desire of mine. This is the heart from which the article was written.

     I had during this time met with many women who had left full time careers to come home to their families. And from my perspective this was a wonderful thing. I do have beliefs about women being keepers of their homes. I think it is good and beneficial to the whole family. However I do not believe that to be a “keeper of” means that you can only be in the home. Currently, my circumstances require me to work outside the home too. But I am still very grateful and thankful for the time I had to just be mom, to get up everyday and be available to serve my family according to their needs.

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