Back to Work

I've put it off as long as I could, and I did well! I came home from work about 1 month before I was due with Sarabeth, around October. Although I still had clients to take care of, I was not taking on any new business. Besides, the summer and early fall temperatures were brutal for a girl my size! Matt and I talked about me going back to work but deep down in my heart, I really wanted my job to just be taking care of my new little girl. Fast forward six months. I start back to work on Thursday! I milked it for a whole 6 months! I am going back to real estate. I never really left, just took a long break and considered other options but I believe the Lord had a better plan than I did. My new job is really my old job, just improved. I'll be able to work at home. I have the luxury of still waking up with Sarabeth and having breakfast with her and some play time before I take her to Susan's. I am so grateful to have someone I know and care for dearly to be watching my child while I'm at work. Susan is only about 10 minutes away and on slow days at work, I can just keep Sarabeth home and enjoy her. It's all working out beautifully. It's really a funny story because I did pray that if I HAD to go back to work then I wanted to be able to work from home, have flexible hours, and not have to put Sarabeth in daycare but find someone I knew to keep her. The Lord really did hear my heart. It couldn't have worked out better. We will still be able to enjoy occasional lunches with the girls in my Sunday School class, play dates and story time at the library. I'm so thankful for a God that knows my heart and has a better plan for me than I could ever have dreamed up myself.