‘I struggle as a Christian mum’

Hope Bonarcher threw herself into motherhood, trying to do everything perfectly. But, as she became more and more exhausted, God began to teach her a better way

I really struggle as a mother sometimes…OK, a lot of the time. I became a Christian 13 years ago and within a year of my conversion was a newlywed and mother-to-be. I was not raised in the Church and have a pretty untraditional family of origin. So not only did I take my new life as seriously as a sobriety test, God cast me in what was, to my mind, the pinnacle role of any self-respecting child of God; that of (drum roll please)…stay-at-home mum.