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To Be or Not To Be
“To be or not to be, that is this the question.” William Shakespeare
As I have lived my life, it seems that this question continues to come up. Is it ok to live this life as an individual. To be yourself and do as you desire in your heart. Not to be yourself is to take what you know that everyone else is expecting and project that on you. Well, this is what I have done for so long. I have contemplates, thought about, and stressed what everyone else thought of me. I have refrained from saying certain things because I thought that it was the best thing. I have said things in a certain way because I didn’t want to offend anyone, but the truth is no matter how hard I try, someone is going to get offended.
People are going to thing what they want of me regardless of my actions. Some of the best people that I know have had people say the worst things about them. So…I have decided that there isn’t anything else that I can be besides myself. This is what is best for me and my family. For all that I know, it could also be best for the people around me.
I have so much ore to say, but right now I have to cook dinner and then do some school work.
Until next time…
Mom-Works, Mom-Student, or SAHM
From the beginning as a mom we are faced with choices that we never had to seriously stare in the face. One of those choices is to work/go to school, or to stay home.
There are some that will tell us that the best thing to do is to stay home and there are others that will be adamant about us going to work. The truth of the matter is…
when it all balls down too it, it’s our choice as the mom
We as mothers have to decide what’s best for our families and for ourselves. I have had my moments when I’ve felt that it was best for me to stay home and others when I felt that it was best for men to go to school. Each of the times, besides this last one, I felt extreme pressure from the people around me to move I one way or another. These pressures at times, debilitated me. I became unable to perform in any capacity.
Laundry would not be done, food would not be cooked and other areas of my life would be lacking. Ive had to make my own decision. With noses flared and disappointed tones, my loved ones would tell me that I should go back to school, but I knew what the result would be. So I waited
Now that I am back in school, I’ve determined that my schooling will not suck the life out of me so that I cannot take care of my family.
If you want to know my opinion. What would I tell a mom that was facing this daunting dilemma? I’d tell her to be realistic about your desires and you abilities. Don’t overwhelm yourself or allow others to dictate what you should do. The fact is that some will look up to you and some will look down at you. Others will stare you straight in the face as I am and encourage you to be the best mom and woman that you can be whether you work or stay home. No matter what give it, mothering, all that you’ve got.
From Moving Day 1 to Day 2
Today we began our moving process, with the movers that is. They were at the house and they were packing, which, I must say, I am so thankful for. The only thing was that although they were making progress, at times it didn’t feel like it. Now moving from day 1 into day 2, I am expecting that they will move at an even quicker speed and pack up the truck so that they can come to my new house and unload.
From yesterday to today, I realized how much I’ve enjoyed my house. I have enjoyed the space and the freedom that it offers my family. There are are so many options for us. My kids can watch tv in their own rooms or they can play outside in the back yard. They can be together as a family or they can have som personal “me” time.
The other thing that I enjoy about this house is…wait, you really are not going to believe it, but it’s my laundry room. I enjoy it so much that I have done multiple loads in there in the past two days and have spent a few hours in there listening to music and folding clothes. No, I’m not crazy. If you saw it, you’d stay in it longer as well.
So from day 1 to day 2, I still have an excitement and anticipation about the upcoming events and my family’s new space.
Father Daughter Love
Yesterday as we were out having a family outing, we stopped at a comic book store. I wanted to stay in the car because I knew that my boys wanted to look at every comic book and toy in the store until their dad told them it was time to leave.
As my husband and my boys got out of the car, Precious began to scream. “I want to go! I want to go!” I told her that we were going to stay in the car, thinking that she would calm down. Unfortunately, I was wrong and had made things worse. Suddenly she said “No Daddy! I never want to leave you!!!” One tear dropped onto her cheek and my heart melted. How could I tell her no?
So out of the car and into the comic book store we went. I love her so much and she adores her Daddy, so sometimes things don’t go as planned. But there is nothing like the love shared between a father and a daughter.
Packing Up
The movers are here and that are packing up my whole house. Can you tell that I am excited?! If you can’t tell, let me just say it now.
I am super excited to be moving!
One great thing is that I don’t have to pack myself. They are doing it all. From the top to the bottom, all the ins and outs, they pack it all. That makes me super happy. There enough to do and be concerned about when moving, that this makes it a little bit easier.
So I’ve been super quiet in here for the last week and now you know the reason. My family is transitioning. We’ve been living in this apartment long enough and now , we happily get to move into a house.
Oh joy!!!
So as I sit here on the couch reason for my Ernest Hemingway class, that I am so behind in, they pack all of our belongings and I am elated.
