Ever since I was a little girl I have always wanted to be a mommy. I wanted to be able to stay home with my children and be able to watch them learn and grow everyday. So when Glen and I got married, thankfully, he wanted me to be able, one day, to stay home with our children. Not long after we moved to Mobile I was able to get a Directors position at a local Church of Christ Preschool. Two weeks after accepting the position I found out I was pregnant! I was able to work throughout my pregnancy and then come back after maternity leave and finish out the school year. After much prayer and budgeting we decided that I could stay home with Wesley. The past 4 years I have had WONDERFUL times, like being able to hear my children say their first words,see them take their first steps and teach them their ABC's. But, as with any job, there are the NOT so fun days too. I am the punisher, the disciplinarian, and the bobo fixer. I get to hear all the whinning, complaning and crying. Being a stay at home mommy you don't get "vacation or sick days". If you get sick then, most of the time, you have to "work through it" and "suck it up" because there usually isn't anyone else to watch your kids. Glen will tell you in a heartbeat that he does NOT like it when he has to be "mommy"! In Februray last year I got the Flu for a week. That was the LONGEST week of our lives!!! He has told me before that he wouldn't trade for my job for anything! He does LOVE his kids, but he doesn't have the patience to stay home with them all day. I know that he appreciates me and what I do even though he likes to give me a hard time about eating Bon Bon's all day! Now don't get me wrong, I LOVE my job, YES, that is right JOB!!! I get tired of people saying "oh, you don't have a JOB." Being a stay at home mom is a 24 hr job, duty and PRIVILAGE! I have heard it all! When I stepped down from my position at the Preschool I was told SO many things like, "why would you want to stay home ALL day with your kids?" " You will never be able to get another job." And "no will every hire a stay at home mom!" My choice to stay at home with my children is mine and Glen's decision and I would not trade ONE day of the past 4 years for ANYTHING!
This August will be the end of and era ( as my good friend Emily called it). After 4 years of staying home with my children, I will be starting a job at Mobile Christian School so that our children will be able to recieve a good Christian education. Glen and I have always talked about how we would LOVE for our children to be able to attend MCS if we could afford it. After MUCH prayer the Lord has opened some doors for us and blessed me with this job. As I think of what August brings it is bittersweet. A tear comes to my eye as I prepare my self to send my children to school on their first day. As I think about it I worry about my baby Makenzie going to class all by herself, eating lunch with her class and not being there to make sure she has eaten her fruit before her snack, and all the other little things that I have been there for over the past 3 years. I look at Wesley and I am amazed at how big he has gotten and how independent he has become. I know that he is going to LOVE being at school with all his friends and learning new things everyday. And as any mother does, I hope and pray that I have prepared and taught him enough for his year of K4. I pray that he is kind to others, looks out for the "under dog" and steps up to help even when he is not asked. I have always known that one day this time would come. I have been preparing myself for the past 6 months for this possiblity. Thankfully, my job has many perks! One is my office is right next to Wesley's class. I will have the same hours as them and get my summers off. I could not have asked for a better position! I know that it will be an adjustment not just for me but for all of us. So as one era ends, another beings! It may only be a tear right now, but in August it will be a FLOOD!
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