Changes

I added this beautiful leather cuff bracelet

to my ever growing collection

earlier this summer.

{jewelry, it's an addiction I tell ya!}

I wish I could tell you where I found it

other than 'somewhere on etsy'.

I had been looking for just the right cuff with just the right

word/saying for months.

And then I landed on this one

and fell in love.

I don't know if you can fully

read it or not but it says,

"just when the caterpillar thought her world was over,

she became a butterfly."

It perfectly sums up where I believe I have

been for the last several months.

The Lord has been up to a mighty work in my life the last

few months, and I naively thought it was all about weight loss.

In February I committed to a healthier

lifestyle and gave weight loss a good try.

{I'm not known for sticking to my guns in this area}

I originally hoped to loose

20 pounds.

To date I have lost 30 pounds

 and have become a foodie and exercise junkie.

Who knew I had it in me??

Certainly not moi!

Then waaaay back in May

a job found me.

As I was walking in the cross walk.

To pick up my middle schooler.

Just crazy

as I had applied for a job at my kids' school months earlier

 and had resignedmyself to the fact that I wouldn't be working there

this coming school year.

I just wasn't in the cards, or so I thought.

Long story short, the principal

of the middle school grabbed me and told me I was an answer to prayer.

She wanted me to be a part of the middle school staff

and work in the front office.

All the pieces fell in to place

and I will be there this coming school year.

I am thrilled to have a job and yet conflicted at the same time.

For the last 15+ years I have been a stay at home mom.

And a very content, happy one at that!

I fully believe that having a parent who is 

passionate about home and being fully present in their role,

is the greatest gift a child can receive.

                           I have loved {almost} every minute of being at home with my kids.

LOVED IT!!

But it is time for me to leave home and supplement our income.

It is time to take the burden of raising a family
 on one paycheck

 off of my sweet man's shoulders.

He has been a trooper for so long

 and graciously

 allowed me to live out my dream of staying home with our kids.

Now it is his turn to live out his dream

of working for himself.

So this fall will be a crazy one for our family

as we all adjust to having a working mama.

I started work just yesterday

and bravely wore my cuff bracelet,

proudly telling my story to anyone who asks

about the engraving on it,

of how a gracious God has taken this caterpillar out of her

cocoon and readied her wings to fly.
My world isn't ending...
just beginning a new chapter.

His hand has been evident in every move that made this job

possible - in ways that I could never manipulate,

all the way down to the timing of cataract surgery

that allows me to really see my new computer screen

in my new office

at my new job.

30 lost pounds + clear vision + the perfect job

=

one butterfly ready to take off. 

I'm not sure how working full time will impact this blog.

That remains to be seen.

So we'll just take it one day at a time,

see how it goes

and give it my best shot.

Thank you all so much for hanging in there 

with me.

You all mean the world to me and I so appreciate

your stopping by to check in on me.

xo,

{K}