She can live through her husband and children. They are separate selves but her role as a wife and mother shines through them. Her love and personality grows on them and becomes part of them; she is not worthless, useless, and insignificant to her family. Proverbs 31:28 says her children stand and bless her. Her husband praises her.

It was 1963 that an article, “Women Are People Too” by Betty Friedan, described how many wives and mothers felt depressed and frustrated by their roles. The article emphasized that women wanted more than motherhood and being wives. Both the article and the women of the time avoided the wonderful significance of the role that women have.

It was also a time when women were told that a truly feminine woman turns her back on careers, higher education, political rights and opportunities to shape the major decisions of society for which the old-fashioned feminist fought for. Thus a reason for why mother and wife roles were overlooked for being important to women.

It is 2012 and for many years women have had a choice to be more than a housewife and mother. They have been voting, going to school and obtaining careers without husbands and children; they are independent.

This is nothing new to us women of this generation but those years ago there were articles, columns, and books by experts telling women that their role as women is to seek fulfillment as wives and mothers.

Women overcame this view but did we forget this incomparable role of a mother and wife?

A child has all the delicate, inner parts of its body knitted together in a mother’s womb. A wife is a woman worthy of respect, not malicious talkers but temperate and trustworthy in everything.

There is a glory in our roles as women, in our own femininity. We don’t live in an age where we don’t have a choice anymore; being a housewife and mother can be respected.

We know women can hold a job, vote and follow politics. Having aspirations, interests and goals of her own shouldn’t impair a woman’s ability to love her husband, children and ability to achieve her own sexual fulfillment.

Being a housewife and mother is no longer titled as the only job for women. It is a luxury, an honor and something beautiful. It was always that way, but was overseen by the traditional voices that were saying otherwise.

No woman is required to build the world by destroying herself. It is in her design to be a wife and a woman and it shouldn’t be looked upon as a harsh command.

It is in women to be teachers and lovers. It is a gift and privilege to raise children and be a lover to a husband. It can be enough to be a wife and a mother. It may not be for all women, but finding a husband and bearing children can bring happiness.

Her works might go unseen and her words unheard, but her decision to be a mother and wife shines through her children and husband. She is a wonder-breathing rose that blooms in the garden of the King. Her arms are a lifebelt thrown around her children and husband from heaven. She is a woman, a mother, and a wife.