Sometimes I find myself having the same conversation with multiple people in a very short period of time.  Even though these people may have no known connection to one another, I see the connection of common struggles and frustrations.   When these reoccurring conversations or topics arise I feel a nudge to share.  So many women seem to feel that their struggles are only their own, and don't realize that there are many women around them with the same things weighing them down.   Recently, that common conversation has been around feelings of being a failure as a stay-at-home mom.  This topic breaks my heart, because I am passionate about the important role stay-at-home moms play.  Some of the women I talk to are frustrated because they don't feel they measure up to the women they see around them, others feel that their marriages are being tested because they just can't meet their spouse's expectations, and still others are just too overwhelmed to even figure out what part of the...

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