Micah is playing football this fall for the first time. This is a HUGE step for me!! I am the most anxious Mom ever in a very unhealthy way which the kids will have to work through in therapy later in life. Hannah is cheering for his team. They look very cute all matchy matchy in their Titans uniforms! I am not the biggest fan of Hannah cheerleading due to the popularity contest it becomes even at eight years old. However she looks ADORABLE!!! All I can do is keep hoping it’s a phase. Enjoy our fall football pictures!
Monthly Archives: September 2011
Pony Power Update
Great News!! Coppertop is doing amazingly well. He is fully recovered and jumping again 🙂 He has even put weight and muscle back on. Enjoy our pics from Pony time with the family this past Sunday.
Having it All
A couple weeks ago I started my dream job as a full time outpatient therapist. That’s right full time, when I became a Mom I never had any intention of staying at home until my kids turned 18. It may seem odd that I got my Bachelor’s degree to actually use it one day, not just as a way to pass time until I got married. I have spent the past three years working my butt off to complete a 61 unit Master’s in professional counseling, not for something to do but because I actually wanted to be a therapist. For the past two years I have been working in several different positions within a large mental health company to ensure I would have a full time job as a therapist within this company when I was done. So why is it so shocking that six months after bringing home our baby I would be at work forty hours a week? Why is a working mom such a foreign concept in this era? I thought this was what the women before us fought so hard to achieve.
Yes I have three kids and a husband who frequently travels for work AND I work full time. I would be lying if I said some days were not hard, but most of the days we all do great. Public school, after-school care, and daycare are not the worst things you can do to your child. It is frustrating to me that so many young married couples do not see the value in women working full time and raising kids. Some may say that they have to work full time for the additional income, what about those of us that WANT to work full time? Is the extra money nice, yes, but what is better is the joy I get from going to work each day to do what I love. I miss my kids when I’m at work but do I think about them every second yearning to be near them, no. I enjoy the break and they like the break they get from us too. Being in school and daycare allows them the time to explore who they are as individuals away from our family unit which serves as good preparation for their adult life. All three of our kids have formed great bonds with other adults and peers giving them a better sense of identity as well as the skills necessary to effectively interact with others in society. We pray each morning for the people that will come into each of our lives that day for them to see God’s LOVE through us. When I pick them up at the end of the day we spend time together as a family by talking, playing, making dinner, eating, and praying together. We don’t turn the TV on and ignore each other, instead we are focused on each other. This may not be the choice for every family but it works for us. My hope in writing this post is to encourage moms to not be judgmental of the life choices each other make, no one choice is better than the other it is a personal decision between a husband, wife, and God.
God called us to adopt our three amazing kids, He also called Kurt and me to our careers…it is okay to have both!
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