Now Serving Freshly Squeezed Lemonade

Many of you know that I have been actively searching for a job for seven months since losing my last job exactly two weeks before Bryce was born. Needless to say that situation created some extra stress for me and Brett. I didn't understand why I was treated so unfairly, and I still don't. But looking back, I am so thankful for the time I have had with my baby! I've been trusting that the Lord would continue to provide for us, which He has.

Two days ago I posted about a great job offer, and my heartache of leaving Bryce. Well, one day after verbally accepting the position I received another job offer from an organization that I interviewed with in the Fall. They were calling to offer me a job! SO, to make a long story short(ish)... I accepted the second offer. I will be working for the Lorain County Health Department as a Health Education Specialist. The major pro in taking this position is that my commute will literally be cut in half, allowing me more time with Bryce. After worrying and stressing for more than a year about possibly losing my job and then that nightmare becoming reality... everything has fallen into place.

God is so good. And I'm not saying that because I now have a job. Rather because His will and plan are perfect! Even when life is sour and all you seem to get are lemons... don't worry... God is preparing sweet lemonade for us to enjoy!

High Ho High Ho It's Off to Work I Go...

Beginning on January 21 I will officially be a working Mom! Yikes... the thought still makes me weak in the knees, but I have to believe that this is for the best for our family. I'll be working as the Marketing Coordinator for Lutheran Hospital- a Cleveland Clinic hospital in Cleveland. If it weren't for Bryce I'd be estatic about the opportunity.

Fortunately, Brett will be able to watch our little guy for at least one or two days, sometimes more, each week. The remainder of the workdays the baby will be with an in-home daycare sitter... still to be determined.

To date this has been the most difficult decision of my life. I just hope that with time it will become easier to be away from my love and for him to be away from his mama. We are very close and I'm super concerned with how he will adjust to this very big change. I know I'll be in tears over it!!!

To work or not to work... that is the question

Two weeks before Bryce was born I lost my job. It was a very unfortunate turn of events, of which I don't mind sharing, but I'd rather not post online. (At least not at this time.) Losing my job truly was a blessing in disguise! For nearly seven months I have had the awesome privilege of staying home full-time to raise Bryce. And although we have our moments from time to time, I have loved almost every minute of it!

After several months of writing cover letters, editing my resume, filling out applications and going for interviews it seems as though I may have found a job. Not just any job, but a position with a company world renown for its excellence in the health care field. This coming Wednesday I will meet one of the VPs and should know for certain late next week. While nothing is set in stone yet, things sound promising. The position would offer me room to grow and move throughout the company. Good salary and great benefits...

Unfortunately, accepting a full-time job would also mean that I would leave Bryce with someone else for about 45 hours every week. yikes! Just thinking about that makes me nauseous! I mean let's be honest... no one and I mean no one is as good as Mom. And while I know that there are plenty of people fully capable of providing my child with the attention and daily interaction necessary to develop, I also know that I have been his source of EVERYTHING for seven months! Not to mention, nine months spent in my womb! I am so afraid of losing the wonderful bond that we have worked so hard to create with one another. Bryce is a mama's boy, and I don't want it any other way.

He needs me and maybe more than that... I need him! Perhaps the transition will be easier on Bryce than I think. Although, I am fairly certain that the transition will be even harder for me than I imagine. Only time will tell...

As a firm believer that if something is meant to be it will work out, all I can do is pray that the Lord will give me strength to make the right decision should an opportunity become available.

Follow-up to come...