Dear Readers,
If you’ve found yourself here on purpose or If you’ve stumbled upon this by searching the internet or any other means, thanks for reading! My name is Abbey and last year I applied for a career change that has altered my future in a major way. It was that of a Stay At Home Mama (or SAHM as the internet has coined). For the last five months I have been getting to know my new CEO, Elle, and she is the best boss I’ve ever worked for. She’s certainly working me to the bone but I wake up everyday happy to go to work. Not to say it hasn’t come with challenges, ups and downs, language barriers, intense learning curves, TONS of poop and everything in between. When I was first welcomed into the Motherhood Club my nurse practitioner told me, “This is like starting a new job, but it’s not like a job you’ve ever had before because your boss doesn’t speak your language.” I can’t tell you how many times this statement got me through tough times.
Over the last five months I’ve been asked by almost everyone I speak to, “So when are you going back to work?” and I’ve always offered the “I’m taking six months” statement. This has made me feel slightly unsettled because I haven’t actually made any moves to procure a new job and I feel like I’ve been hanging in limbo a little bit by not fully committing to SAHM or going back to work.
In the last few weeks I’ve decided that I have no plans of returning to work as of right now. Key words being RIGHT NOW. This is a phrase my husband and I use a lot in our household. We’ve adopted this phrase so we can stop living in absolutes. We feel that nothing in life is an absolute and we are able to control our destiny whenever we want to. We’ve made this decision knowing that one day, I may want to return to work but for now we’re fortunate enough to give Elle this gift of her mother at home with her everyday and everyday I feel grateful for this opportunity.
So it’s official, for now, I am a SAHM and I’m loving it!
PS. Take a look at my “About” page and why I decided to join the world of blogging HERE!
Lots of luck Abbey, remember you are doing the “most important” job of all! Enjoy every minute that you are home with your cherub, you will never get this time back! Society is full of people rushing here and there, when the best place to be is HOME with the ones we love. I was lucky my generation didn’t ask the question, “when are you going back to work?” I hope more young women decide to opt out of the hustle and bustle of the work world. It should be a choice either way!
Thanks so much! I’m enjoying it a lot and feel so grateful to be able to do it! Thanks for reading!!
Yay Abbey!! I still go back and forth about part time work options because sometimes I think getting out of the house would be good for my mind / sanity! It is the hardest job EVER, but they are only this young for such a small period of time, so we will look back one day and realize that it was totally worth it to be able to have this special time with them!! : )
I agree Jill! It’s so special even though it can be so difficult and sometimes I lose the ability to speak to anyone else but babies!!