Yesterday our church had a special recognition of the high school seniors in our church who are graduating this year. As I watched each student walk up to the podium with their parents, I felt a lump form in my throat. It made me realize how short the time is […]
Engineer Mom
A engineering degree completely changes the way you look at the world. After four (or five) years of challenging course work, every object becomes a “free body diagram”, every moving object has velocity vectors, and you see the inefficiencies in everyday life. It even changes the words you use in everyday […]
My Identity
I remember after I told people I decided to stop working, the first question was usually “Why?”. Then usually followed by “It’s nice your family has found a way to live on one income”. My response was always “We haven’t, but we’ll figure it out”. So that’s what we […]
How we adjusted to one income
When I made the decision to stay at home, many people I told asked why. I told them, “You know its the right decision when you have many reasons to do something, and only one why not.” So here are my reasons: No one will love my child as much […]
Why I chose to Stay at Home
July 14, 2014, my first day as a stay at home mom went pretty well. All three of us got ready, had breakfast, and went to Aldi. Then a nap for Leo, and lunch with my big boy. I was even able to get Niko to take a nap so […]
The First Day to a New adventure of something I ...
The first week of staying at home with the boys went really well. We went grocery shopping on Monday and Wednesday, met up with friends on Tuesday and Wednesday, and had a visit from family Wednesday through Thursday. We were so busy, it feels like a blur. The first week of […]