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Where to even begin? I felt like my first post should share how I got here. Why am I even here?
Hi! I’m Vanessa and my world got turned around quite a bit over the last 15 months. I’ve known since I was a young child, I wanted to be a teacher when I grew up. I loved playing school and crafting, and learning new things, but also helping people learn new things. So that’s what I did. I went to school, go a Master’s Degree in Early Childhood Education and worked with elementary school aged kids.
In the mists of college, I met a boy. Ten and half years ago, I started talking to this guy, who, I figured out shortly after our first date, that I was sold. I knew I wanted to spend a lifetime with him. Well, here we are almost eleven years later, married with two babies. I say babies but they are toddlers, two and a half to be exact.
About fifteen months ago, the matriarch of my husband’s family, my mother-in-law and childcare help, suffered some health issues and my every day life changed, as did hers. She was and is no longer able to help us care for our little nuggets, so after some searching, conversations, and many tears, I decided to leave teaching.
I became a stay at home mom overnight, before I even knew it was happening to me. Don’t get my wrong, I love my kids. I’ve also always loved working and I loved my job very much. I worked with an amazing group of ladies (thankfully, I still speak with many of them), had a great group of kiddos. I wasn’t ready to transition home on such short notice.
As any mom knows, working or staying home, mom-ing is a tough job. It has taken me some time to figure out and adjust to being home all the time. There have been good days and tough days and sad days and amazing days. It’s been a change that I’m finally feeling comfortable in. In the process, I’ve had several friends encourage me to blog.
So, here I am.
Come along for the ride. Hopefully you’ll get some good laughs out of our craziness. Maybe you’ll get some ideas. Who knows. I’m not even sure what I’ll be sharing all the time so we can figure this out together.
Chat soon!