| | God is SO good!
This week... month... summer... has all tested my strength as a wife and mother and truth be told, has definitely tested my faith. But I just have to say it again... God is SO good! His blessings and gifts are incredible!
I have been so blessed to stay home with Caroline for the first 7 and a half months of her life. It has been a huge gift and I wouldn't have had it any other way. But tomorrow will begin a new journey for us all. Caroline will be going to a babysitter for the first time and Mommy will be going back to work. Within one week, I left my nanny job and found a job that, though it is not my dream job, will be rewarding, challenging, and frankly, fantastic money! I will be working at a school called Oak Valley Center. It is a private theraputic day school for ED kids, a lot like Rivermont, but hopefully much better.
I interviewed for this position on Friday and heard from the Principal TODAY. I honestly don't know exactly what I will be doing, but I will find out more this week. The principal said I didn't have to start tomorrow, because he understood my family needs, but God already knew what was going to happen.
Friday after my interview, I started looking on craigslist for babysitters and came across the perfect ad for a woman who had a home daycare for over 10 years. She had a Christian philosophy of childcare and the pictures of her home were beautiful! I called her immediately and she only had ONE spot left! WOW So, we made an appointment to meet on Sunday at 5pm. So, seriously, the school called today at 3:30 pm and then we met Becky (the babysitter) at 5. And let me tell you, I had SUCH a great feeling about her! She is happily married. Her husband was super sweet! He is a soccer coach and works for the government. They have two young teenage kids, a boy and a girl. Their house was beautiful. There were all kinds of trophies sitting around their living room, including tons of Awanas trophies! aww  She teaches Sunday school at her church and used to be the nursery coordinator. She had lots to say and was just kind of motherly/grandmotherly and Caroline really seemed to love her.
I mean... seriously... God is smiling down on us. Even with Andrew's new job (and let me tell you, it was a big stressful mess trying to find that one) we were worried that one of us was going to have to get a part time job on top of our full time jobs. Now, with this new job of mine and with paying childcare, we are making MORE money than we were with Andrew's old job and my job keeping Peyton. Amazing!
Whew! This has been quite a day... and I'm exhausted and starving! I am going to go eat dinner with my hubby now and enjoy my night.
Thanks to everyone for the prayers! They were so greatly appreciated and absolutely felt through it all! |
| | Posted 8/26/2007 7:57 PM - 41 Views - 4 eProps - 2 comments
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