Interview

Today, I did a delightful interview with a German social science researcher about the trad wife movement, what brought me to it, how was I raised, etc. The researcher was very nice and friendly, and I’d be glad to help her in the future.

She said something too that really stuck with me. I told her that if there is an English translation of her research, I would love to read it whether she came down as being pro trad wife or against it. Then she told me that she is a researcher and that she is focused on learning about trad wives, not forming an opinion, and that she gathers data and sees what it says. She is a true scientist. She didn’t start out with an opinion and then try to pigeon hole me. Very unlike some American scientists who come to their studies with an ax to grind, and are determined to make the data prove their point whether it really does or not.

She made me reflect on my life and what brought me to traditional living. It wasn’t a straight path, but I’m so glad I arrived here. I think about my old dreams and ambitions, and they feel like they’re from another world. I can not imagine being a professor. The hours away from home would kill me. I bloom best in my own greenhouse. To go with being a professor, I was also going to be a poet. Now I write poetry, but I have not published or tried to publish in years. At some point, I might resume submitting my poems, but I’m not sure. I love writing my poems, but I’m not certain I want to go back to submitting. It’s tedious.

At any rate, that was Lisa before she found her calling. My first and most important calling is being a wife and mother. Writing poetry is my passion, but my calling and responsibility lies with my family. My poems won’t love me back. Neither would a college teaching position or salary. I am so thankful to God and my husband for my cozy life at home.