Marilee Horton

Marilee Horton prayed, "Lord, I love my job. I like wearing nice clothes and talking with adults. I like leaving the cares of the day behind for a few hours, and I love my attractive office that gets cleaned up when I leave. But Lord, my family needs me full time. The children seem to be getting into a lot of bad habits. The sitters don't observe things the way a mother might. And yet, I'm afraid to stay at home." This prayer proved a turning point in her life. For the first time, she began to see her true character emerge, to see God's will unfold. Free To Stay At Home is the personal story of a woman who left a successful career as an executive secretary to care for her family full time. Sometimes humorous, always challenging, here is an unfolding chronicle of how one Christian discovered the ultimate freedom - the freedom to follow her conscience - against the popular pressures to put career ahead of marriage and parenting.… (altro)