Sunday, January 24, 2010

Making the Transition- Part 1

As promised I will share my story about the transition from full-time career to a part-time job I love.




Clarity struck for both my husband and I once my dad had passed. Time with family became much more precious. Prior to his passing my father and I had many long talks about my cutting back on work. He and my mother both worried I was burning the candle at both ends. They knew my desire to cut back and encouraged me to do so.


One of the main reasons for his encouragement was that my second daughter, Faith, was born with two heart defects and had chronic ear infections. She rarely slept through the night. Sometimes waking 3-5 times a night, and yes she was a breastfed baby. I usually was away from the house working until 6:00 p.m.or 7:00 p.m. in the evening. Once home, it was cook supper, get baths, finish up homework, the usual family routine with my husband and kids. After kids went to bed I was on the computer until 12:00 a.m., sometimes 1:00 a.m. in the morning designing, prepping bids then up again at 6:00 am to start over. You do the math. Not a lot of sleep. In addition, my husband was diagnosed with a sleep disorder during this period. So it was up to me.....I would often sleep upright on pillows in the den with her to help with the ear pressure and so my other daughter could sleep without disturbance.



So with my fathers past words of encouragement echoing in my mind I started looking for a local, part-time position in a field that would be interesting, fulfilling and at least cover the cost of groceries.

To be continued.........

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