MY SO-CALLED LIFE as a PROVERBS 31 WIFE: A ... - Pure Publicity

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE:Contact: Susan Hunt, Pure Publicity818.753.4056 or Susan@purepublicity.comSuggested Interview TopicsThe Post 9/11 Proverbs 31 Wife: Life as military families once knew it, ended when 9/11happened. Guard and Reserve families were especially hit with a “new normal.” No longer arethey strictly reserves. Now, they’re an intricate part of operational forces. Sara discusses theimpact that 10 years of war has had on Guard and Reserve families in particular and relates herown family’s experience both with deployment and unemployment as a result. She shares withlisteners and viewers what has helped she and her husband’s marriage weather both theeconomic storms so many Americans are dealing with, and stress of the unknown in farawaylands, as well as, home as her husband has been deployed twice, having just returned thisAugust from his last deployment.Switched: In today’s economy, it is becoming more common to find a wife working and thehusband at home. Layoffs and other factors have all played a part. So how does a wife respond inher marriage when she makes more money than her husband? Or at the very least, when her jobis more demanding? Can she really still fall into the role of the woman described in Proverbs 31?Sara shares her experience and personal struggle of seeking to support and honor her husbandeven through tough financial times and living through unemployment and the blessings andlessons she has discovered in the process.Choosing Relationship over Accomplishment: So many people have accepted Facebookonline friends as the normal in friendship and replaced their relationships with others for to-dolists and accomplishments. But God calls us to relationship – with Him, with our spouses, withour families, with others in our community. Sara shares with listeners her own experience offalling into the accomplishment trap and how God taught her why it is less about doing andmore about being.The Domestic Diva-Challenged: Why do we always look at other women and think theyhave it all together? Why do we strive for Martha Stewart, doing it all and doing it all well, andgive up when we realize we’re a lot more like Lucille Ball? Why do we attempt perfection whenGod only asks for our availability? Sara will share with listeners her experience in attempting tobe like the Proverbs 31 wife, and what she learned in the process, and why God wants our heartsover housework any day.The Super Wife/Mom Complex: Who said we have to be perfect? Yet that’s the standardmany women have in their heads when it comes to being a wife or mom. We struggle withgetting things done and then we struggle with the guilt that comes for not getting things donewhich freezes us in our tracks and keeps us from getting anything done! It becomes a viciousmerry-go-round that’s very hard to get off. Sara will discuss these crazy expectations women puton themselves, the expectations she had for herself and what she’s learned through herexperiments to be like the Proverbs 31 wife. And that often our expectations of ourselves aren’tGod’s expectations. His are a whole lot simpler.Is the Proverbs 31 Woman Outdated?: Many women (including Sara initially) perceive theOld Testament and the Proverbs 31 Woman to be dated and perhaps somewhat oppressive towomen – too traditional and possibly perpetuating the traditional, conservative perspective onwomen… is the Proverbs 31 Woman independent? Is she outdated? How should we view her inour modern era but know that she is following Christ and her husband as the Bible implores?