We have had a lot of changes going on around our house lately. Obviously, pregnancy has been huge!!! Starting to think about adding another member to our family of three is exciting and scary all at the same time.
Another big thing is my job. If you remember, I posted back in June about my last day at YMLA. You can read that post here.
When I posted that, I didn't really know what the future held for us. My hope was that an elementary counselor position in the district would become available and I would be able to go work there part-time this fall. That is really what Aaron and I had been hoping for all summer. When August hit, and the counselor, whose job I might be taking, still hadn't secured a full-time position elsewhere, Aaron and I began really thinking about the possibilities.
Like everyone else, money is always a concern. If money were no object, I really think Aaron would have insisted after J was born I quit and just stay home. However, money is a pretty big thing, so thankfully the last two years we have been blessed by me working part-time at a pretty amazing school. Has it been perfect? No, but what situation is. Has it been stressful? Absolutely. You can't be a school counselor full-time or part-time and not have a pretty major set of responsibilities weighing on your shoulders. All that to say, I had a great job that was part-time, yet in many ways had full-time responsibilities.
So here I stand for the first time in 9 years with no home campus. And it is weird. Really weird. I don't have anyone in an educational setting depending on me to show up and perform a duty whether it be running a classroom of seventh graders or taking care of the basic responsibilities of a school counselor.
Would I love to be a stay at home mom? Who wouldn't? Well, there might be some women that would prefer to work. However, I know that my family needs me to work if just in a part-time position. So I am now in finding a part-time job mode. I have some possibilities that I am hoping will work out. I have applied to tutor and do some substitute teaching. My hope is to work on the days J is at school.
Until then, I will be a stay at home mom with no responsibility to a campus. It may only be for about 3 or 4 weeks until the school year gets rolling, but I am going to enjoy this little space of time.
With the new baby coming and not feeling so great all summer, my house needs an overhaul!!!
I hope to get our house more organized and baby ready. I also hope to have lunch with a few friends I didn't get to have lunch with this summer because well you know why.
Happy First Day of School from a New (Sort of ) Stay at Home Mom that doesn't quite no what to do with herself!!!!
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Monday, August 25, 2014
Tuesday, June 10, 2014
Bittersweet
Today was my last day at YMLA.
Who would have ever thought that two years ago I would find out I would be the part-time counselor at this new school called Young Men's Leadership Academy. I knew nothing about it. Little did I know I was being placed at a school with a mission and vision greater than any I have ever known in public education. As with anything new, there were so many things that had never been done, so the teachers and staff had to learn how to create everything and idea from scratch. Despite its challenges, it was also rewarding. So rewarding.
Today was my last day at YMLA.
To say today was hard is understatement. Leaving something that is still growing is never easy. Knowing someone else is going to come in and take your place is even harder. However, I know it is the right thing for us. I can't even imagine someone else raising Jackson because that's my job. While I walk away from an amazing group of students that I just really started getting to know, I know the more important person is the little boy in my very own home. And when I think about it, if it weren't for him, I wouldn't have had the opportunity to be a part of YMLA anyway. So I walk away from YMLA with sadness, but knowing I was a small part of this visionary school. And that truly is special.
Today was my last day at YMLA
I knew the day was coming, but it was still difficult. I also don't like the uncertainty of what I will be doing come August 25th. I know God has a plan. A plan greater than I could ever imagine. And while scary, that gives me comfort.
Who would have ever thought that two years ago I would find out I would be the part-time counselor at this new school called Young Men's Leadership Academy. I knew nothing about it. Little did I know I was being placed at a school with a mission and vision greater than any I have ever known in public education. As with anything new, there were so many things that had never been done, so the teachers and staff had to learn how to create everything and idea from scratch. Despite its challenges, it was also rewarding. So rewarding.
Today was my last day at YMLA.
To say today was hard is understatement. Leaving something that is still growing is never easy. Knowing someone else is going to come in and take your place is even harder. However, I know it is the right thing for us. I can't even imagine someone else raising Jackson because that's my job. While I walk away from an amazing group of students that I just really started getting to know, I know the more important person is the little boy in my very own home. And when I think about it, if it weren't for him, I wouldn't have had the opportunity to be a part of YMLA anyway. So I walk away from YMLA with sadness, but knowing I was a small part of this visionary school. And that truly is special.
Today was my last day at YMLA
I knew the day was coming, but it was still difficult. I also don't like the uncertainty of what I will be doing come August 25th. I know God has a plan. A plan greater than I could ever imagine. And while scary, that gives me comfort.
"For I know the plans I have for you,” declares the Lord, “plans to prosper you and not to harm you, plans to give you hope and a future."
Jeremiah 29:11
Jeremiah 29:11
Found here
Saturday, April 5, 2014
The STAAR and lots of pasta
I don' t know about you, but I am so ready for summer. I am ready for the carefree days and no set schedule.
We had STAAR testing this week at my school. Five hours of sitting and staring at students with no computer, email, reading, doing anything is a beating. I have a hard time sitting still when I have a long list of to do's sitting on my desk.
Am I the only person that doesn't remember having this much testing in public school growing up? I mean seriously. These poor students test ALL the time. And when they aren't taking a test they are taking a practice test or going to tutoring to prep for the test. I know Jackson has several years until he's in real school, but I already think about him having to do all of this for a state test. What happened to going to school to learn just to learn?
I made this for dinner on Monday night, and it was delish. I will definitely be making it again because it was super easy. Plus, J ate it! I just love Shay at mixandmatchmama.com. She makes meals that are simple and delicious. I would have never put bacon and corn in a pasta, but trust me, it was really good!!!
Speaking of Monday night's dinner, I made this while J was playing. By himself. Let me repeat that- J was playing by himself. When did this happen?
Tuesday night Katy joined us for dinner to give J his birthday present. After dinner, we played out on the driveway. J loves Ms. Katy!!!
We had STAAR testing this week at my school. Five hours of sitting and staring at students with no computer, email, reading, doing anything is a beating. I have a hard time sitting still when I have a long list of to do's sitting on my desk.
Am I the only person that doesn't remember having this much testing in public school growing up? I mean seriously. These poor students test ALL the time. And when they aren't taking a test they are taking a practice test or going to tutoring to prep for the test. I know Jackson has several years until he's in real school, but I already think about him having to do all of this for a state test. What happened to going to school to learn just to learn?
I made this for dinner on Monday night, and it was delish. I will definitely be making it again because it was super easy. Plus, J ate it! I just love Shay at mixandmatchmama.com. She makes meals that are simple and delicious. I would have never put bacon and corn in a pasta, but trust me, it was really good!!!
Speaking of Monday night's dinner, I made this while J was playing. By himself. Let me repeat that- J was playing by himself. When did this happen?
Tuesday night Katy joined us for dinner to give J his birthday present. After dinner, we played out on the driveway. J loves Ms. Katy!!!
Yesterday, I went to Olive Garden to pick up pasta for one of our prides. The pride (a group of about 50 students) won it for raising the most money for our Leukemia and Lymphoma coin drive back in January. This pride raised $120. The cool incentive is that the class or group that wins gets a pasta lunch from Olive Garden. Hints the name of the coin drive- Pasta for Pennies.
Happy Saturday!!!
Thursday, February 27, 2014
Loooong week
It's been a long week over here. I am so not used to getting up and having to be somewhere every day anymore. This just happened to be one of my weird schedule weeks. (They seem to be happening more and more.) This certainly wasn't my usual Tuesday/Thursday/half day Friday week.
I think the real kicker for the week was having to be in Rockwall at 8 am for a conference on Monday morning. That's a 55 mile drive from my house and not knowing how bad traffic would be I left at 6:30 for good measure.
Side note: I told Aaron on Sunday night I wouldn't want to be late because I would hate having to walk into a crowded hotel conference room struggling to find an open seat. Aaron's comment to that was- I guess that's what a kind of shy person thinks about when they are going to be late some place. That thought has honestly never ever crossed my mind.
Well, there you have it!!! Just a little window into how my mind works!!!
So this week was also a Benchmark testing week at my school. I feel like we have those every week now, too!!! These poor students at my school take these benchmarks for the STAAR all the time. We literally shut down for the whole week, once a six weeks for them to take their "practice" tests. It's ridiculous! It makes me so glad to have gone to school during TAAS and TAKS where we didn't have so many benchmarks.
When it's a Benchmark testing week, I have to be at school Monday through Thursday because I have a small group that tests with me. Because I was at the conference, I missed the first day. Woohoo!!! Then, I worked a half day Tuesday and Thursday with someone else covering my small group the second two hours of testing. I worked all day Wednesday again helping with testing. You get the idea. Regardless, I worked a lot this week.
Because I worked a lot and my schedule was all off, I have taken no pictures, and I feel like I haven't seen Jackson at all. These weeks make me so grateful that I am able to be at home some during the week to spend time with my J. I seriously don't know how full-time working moms do it!!! I get tired just thinking about it.
I will leave you with the two pictures I took on Sunday before the loooong week hit...
I think the real kicker for the week was having to be in Rockwall at 8 am for a conference on Monday morning. That's a 55 mile drive from my house and not knowing how bad traffic would be I left at 6:30 for good measure.
Side note: I told Aaron on Sunday night I wouldn't want to be late because I would hate having to walk into a crowded hotel conference room struggling to find an open seat. Aaron's comment to that was- I guess that's what a kind of shy person thinks about when they are going to be late some place. That thought has honestly never ever crossed my mind.
Well, there you have it!!! Just a little window into how my mind works!!!
So this week was also a Benchmark testing week at my school. I feel like we have those every week now, too!!! These poor students at my school take these benchmarks for the STAAR all the time. We literally shut down for the whole week, once a six weeks for them to take their "practice" tests. It's ridiculous! It makes me so glad to have gone to school during TAAS and TAKS where we didn't have so many benchmarks.
When it's a Benchmark testing week, I have to be at school Monday through Thursday because I have a small group that tests with me. Because I was at the conference, I missed the first day. Woohoo!!! Then, I worked a half day Tuesday and Thursday with someone else covering my small group the second two hours of testing. I worked all day Wednesday again helping with testing. You get the idea. Regardless, I worked a lot this week.
Because I worked a lot and my schedule was all off, I have taken no pictures, and I feel like I haven't seen Jackson at all. These weeks make me so grateful that I am able to be at home some during the week to spend time with my J. I seriously don't know how full-time working moms do it!!! I get tired just thinking about it.
I will leave you with the two pictures I took on Sunday before the loooong week hit...
These are my boys!!! We were soaking up the beautiful Spring-like weather and playing outside.
Have a great Friday!!! I know I will. I will be spending some much needed time with my boy.
Friday, August 30, 2013
It's Been a Rough Week!
We've had a rough week in the Chandler House.
I started my week off with a cold or something. I started feeling funny on Sunday night with sneezing and a runny nose. By Monday afternoon, I had a headache and was blowing and blowing. Not a fun way to start the first week of school!!!
This first week back with students hasn't been bad just not good. The district has set all these expectations on counselors telling us that we need to have more face time with students. Imagine that!!! I am supposed to meet with students!!! I kind of had my hopes up that I would actually be able to do more of what I love, you know, meeting and talking to students. This first week has dashed my hopes of that. There is just SO much to do in my 20 hour week that unfortunately seeing students get pushed aside. I so hate that!!!
I haven't spoken about it on the blog, but Jackson isn't walking independently yet. Pretty much anybody that knows us, knows this has been a point of concern for a couple of months. When we went to J's 15 month well check, Dr. Hull told us we should call Early Childhood Interventions at 16 months if he wasn't walking. I dragged my feet a bit thinking he would be walking any day. Finally, at 17 months I called ECI to set up an appointment.
Boy, has it been a SLOW process! Just this past Thursday almost two months later, J was evaluated. They not only evaluated him for his mobility for walking but his speech which became a concern at his pre-evaluation a month ago. Evidently by 18 months old, J should have between 25 and 50 words in his vocabulary. J only has about 3 or 4 words he uses consistently.
So yesterday, a speech therapist and physical therapist came to evaluate J. It was quite an entourage that packed into my tiny living room. Not only the coordinator, speech therapist, and physical therapist, but two ladies doing observations. It was pretty intense two hours. I won't go into all the numbers and stats, but needless to say J is behind in his development. He has some speech as well as a motor delay. He qualifies for services through ECI, so starting next week, we will begin meeting with a speech therapist once a week for an hour. In a couple of weeks, they will pair us up with someone to help him with his walking and fine motor skills.
We'll just say this latest news has shaken us up a bit. It's hard finding out something isn't quite right with your child. It makes you second guess yourself and wonder where you went wrong. Should we have done this...should we have done that... You know.
It's funny how a rough week forces you to really stop and reflect. Regardless of all the stuff that's been going on we have so much to be thankful for. After all, we have this amazingly wonderful happy and healthy baby. We have the ability to have specialists come into our home weekly and work with J. My job is part-time and allows me to be with J way more than most working moms get with their babies. Our life is pretty good.
Plus, who has a baby boy this cute???
I started my week off with a cold or something. I started feeling funny on Sunday night with sneezing and a runny nose. By Monday afternoon, I had a headache and was blowing and blowing. Not a fun way to start the first week of school!!!
This first week back with students hasn't been bad just not good. The district has set all these expectations on counselors telling us that we need to have more face time with students. Imagine that!!! I am supposed to meet with students!!! I kind of had my hopes up that I would actually be able to do more of what I love, you know, meeting and talking to students. This first week has dashed my hopes of that. There is just SO much to do in my 20 hour week that unfortunately seeing students get pushed aside. I so hate that!!!
I haven't spoken about it on the blog, but Jackson isn't walking independently yet. Pretty much anybody that knows us, knows this has been a point of concern for a couple of months. When we went to J's 15 month well check, Dr. Hull told us we should call Early Childhood Interventions at 16 months if he wasn't walking. I dragged my feet a bit thinking he would be walking any day. Finally, at 17 months I called ECI to set up an appointment.
Boy, has it been a SLOW process! Just this past Thursday almost two months later, J was evaluated. They not only evaluated him for his mobility for walking but his speech which became a concern at his pre-evaluation a month ago. Evidently by 18 months old, J should have between 25 and 50 words in his vocabulary. J only has about 3 or 4 words he uses consistently.
So yesterday, a speech therapist and physical therapist came to evaluate J. It was quite an entourage that packed into my tiny living room. Not only the coordinator, speech therapist, and physical therapist, but two ladies doing observations. It was pretty intense two hours. I won't go into all the numbers and stats, but needless to say J is behind in his development. He has some speech as well as a motor delay. He qualifies for services through ECI, so starting next week, we will begin meeting with a speech therapist once a week for an hour. In a couple of weeks, they will pair us up with someone to help him with his walking and fine motor skills.
We'll just say this latest news has shaken us up a bit. It's hard finding out something isn't quite right with your child. It makes you second guess yourself and wonder where you went wrong. Should we have done this...should we have done that... You know.
It's funny how a rough week forces you to really stop and reflect. Regardless of all the stuff that's been going on we have so much to be thankful for. After all, we have this amazingly wonderful happy and healthy baby. We have the ability to have specialists come into our home weekly and work with J. My job is part-time and allows me to be with J way more than most working moms get with their babies. Our life is pretty good.
Plus, who has a baby boy this cute???
LOVE this Bath-loving baby!!!
Saturday, August 17, 2013
Lately...
Unfortunately, like I predicted, the blogging has been put on a back burner. School is back in full swing, and I am not finding as much time as I did this summer.
I started back to work 2 weeks ago, and have been going, going, and going. This part-time mama that normally works 50% of the time (or so my contract says) has worked about 80%. Can you say exhausted? I am not used to being away from my boy so much. The first week back was professional development week, so I was doing counselor training from 8 am to 4 pm five days in a row. Talk about shock!!! I went from seeing my boy all day every day for 7 straight weeks to seeing him from 4:30 to 7:30 every evening. It was hard on this mama!!!
I know once we get back in school my time should go more back to normal. I just consider these pre-weeks a way for me to donate some extra time to get the job done well. I am super thankful for a mom and mother-in-law that are so willing to pick up the extra slack as I work more. I am also thankful Aaron has been off the last 2 weeks to spend lots of time with J. They are definitely bonding which is really good. I hate the circumstances why Aaron is not working, but nonetheless the timing is pretty good for me with school back in full swing.
Today was a great day! The weather has been amazing here in Texas the last few days. Can't believe it has only been in the high 80's/low 90's. It's been a wonderful break. We went for a walk this morning, and when I first stepped outside in shorts and a tank top, I was almost a bit cool. Totally weird for August 17!!!
We really spent the day just hanging out as a fam not doing much of anything. My mom called this morning to offer to keep J for us, so we could go to a movie and dinner. So around 3:30, Aaron and I headed to see-
I started back to work 2 weeks ago, and have been going, going, and going. This part-time mama that normally works 50% of the time (or so my contract says) has worked about 80%. Can you say exhausted? I am not used to being away from my boy so much. The first week back was professional development week, so I was doing counselor training from 8 am to 4 pm five days in a row. Talk about shock!!! I went from seeing my boy all day every day for 7 straight weeks to seeing him from 4:30 to 7:30 every evening. It was hard on this mama!!!
I know once we get back in school my time should go more back to normal. I just consider these pre-weeks a way for me to donate some extra time to get the job done well. I am super thankful for a mom and mother-in-law that are so willing to pick up the extra slack as I work more. I am also thankful Aaron has been off the last 2 weeks to spend lots of time with J. They are definitely bonding which is really good. I hate the circumstances why Aaron is not working, but nonetheless the timing is pretty good for me with school back in full swing.
Today was a great day! The weather has been amazing here in Texas the last few days. Can't believe it has only been in the high 80's/low 90's. It's been a wonderful break. We went for a walk this morning, and when I first stepped outside in shorts and a tank top, I was almost a bit cool. Totally weird for August 17!!!
We really spent the day just hanging out as a fam not doing much of anything. My mom called this morning to offer to keep J for us, so we could go to a movie and dinner. So around 3:30, Aaron and I headed to see-
WOW!!! Such a great movie!!! If Oprah doesn't get an Oscar nom for this role, I think the Academy is nuts! This is definitely worth going to see. It's EXCELLENT! For non-Obama people, you will really like it until the last 10 minutes when it goes a little over the top on the love for Obama. It was so all about Obama I truly thought President Obama was going to make a cameo himself. It seemed a little far fetched, but of all of our presidents he's the most Hollywood, so I didn't think it was out of the realm.
After the movie, we headed to Mijo's for a quick bite before getting J from RaRa's to take him and put him to bed.
The only I pic I got this week, and it happens to not be of J. How crazy is that!!! Mommy and Daddy on our fun, free date. We used movie passes we got at the WWCC Silent Auction and a Mijo's Groupon. I guess we paid for it. Just not tonight. It made that date that much more fun!!!
Saturday, August 10, 2013
Torn
I started back to work this past week. It has been the week I dreaded all summer!
I dreaded it even more last Friday when I opened my school email to find that it was going to be one long week of training i.e. Counselor's Academy. Being a part-timer I am used to having a couple of days off to break up the potentially very long work week. So instead of an ease back into work I was smacked right in the face EVERY morning this past week when my alarm went off at 6:40.
I'll be honest. The week wasn't as bad as I thought it would be. It was actually kind of nice to get some really good FWISD training all at one time. This is the first time since I was hired in August 2011 that it has actually happened. The take away is that I think I will go into this new school year feeling a little more indoctrinated into the FWISD goals and climate.
The big down side was not seeing Jackson much. Now, I know more what it is like to be a full-time working mom. Essentially, you see your children for like 3 maybe 4 hours a day! 3 hours!!! That's nuts! Luckily, Aaron has been off this week, so I didn't have to drag J out of bed every morning. It was so great that J and Daddy got to spend some good quality time together without Mommy. It was also nice that my mom and Ali didn't have to watch him so many days like I had originally thought.
The reason I feel so torn at times is because when I start thinking about my job I really do get excited. There are so many aspects of my job that I love!!! Because I really want to do the best job possible, sometimes I wish I was full-time to really do all that I would like to do. There are times I just don't get to do everything I want to do in two and a half days.
Now, do I really want to work full-time? Not really. I wouldn't get to see J grow up like I would want to. Just after a week a way from him I feel like I missed a lot!!! While I am torn at times, I know the best thing for our family now is for me to be at home. I wouldn't trade spending time and really knowing J for anything. I just feel so incredibly blessed to be able to do both. How many other mommies are able to do that?
I dreaded it even more last Friday when I opened my school email to find that it was going to be one long week of training i.e. Counselor's Academy. Being a part-timer I am used to having a couple of days off to break up the potentially very long work week. So instead of an ease back into work I was smacked right in the face EVERY morning this past week when my alarm went off at 6:40.
I'll be honest. The week wasn't as bad as I thought it would be. It was actually kind of nice to get some really good FWISD training all at one time. This is the first time since I was hired in August 2011 that it has actually happened. The take away is that I think I will go into this new school year feeling a little more indoctrinated into the FWISD goals and climate.
The big down side was not seeing Jackson much. Now, I know more what it is like to be a full-time working mom. Essentially, you see your children for like 3 maybe 4 hours a day! 3 hours!!! That's nuts! Luckily, Aaron has been off this week, so I didn't have to drag J out of bed every morning. It was so great that J and Daddy got to spend some good quality time together without Mommy. It was also nice that my mom and Ali didn't have to watch him so many days like I had originally thought.
The reason I feel so torn at times is because when I start thinking about my job I really do get excited. There are so many aspects of my job that I love!!! Because I really want to do the best job possible, sometimes I wish I was full-time to really do all that I would like to do. There are times I just don't get to do everything I want to do in two and a half days.
Now, do I really want to work full-time? Not really. I wouldn't get to see J grow up like I would want to. Just after a week a way from him I feel like I missed a lot!!! While I am torn at times, I know the best thing for our family now is for me to be at home. I wouldn't trade spending time and really knowing J for anything. I just feel so incredibly blessed to be able to do both. How many other mommies are able to do that?
Saturday, June 15, 2013
Reflecting on the School Year
This time last year I was in limbo. I had packed up my stuff from both counseling offices and waited to see what was next. Aaron and I knew that when I had Jackson we didn't want me to work full time. Being raised with stay-at-home moms, that is how we envisioned raising our family. Knowing I still needed to work at least part-time, we waited to see if the district would have a place for me. Sure enough I was sent an email telling me my new position was the part-time counselor at Young Men's Leadership Academy. I honestly didn't know much about the school other than it was brand new to the district. I knew from reading the school website that it was going to be different. A good different. The last week in July, Mr. White scheduled for all the staff to come together for a week of team building and putting all the strategies for the school in place. Pretty cool being a part of the groundwork of a school. Pretty cool to be a part of the making of history.
As I look back on this first year, I am so proud to say I was a part of this great school. I don't necessarily feel like I did a whole lot because I wasn't there every day. I didn't meet with students like I want to as a counselor. I was honestly feeling my way around the new position and trying to find my place. I feel like I was kind of the behind the scene person that helped make some of the extraneous pieces of the puzzle fit together. I didn't do a lot of counseling, but I already know how I can make that happen more next year. It's interesting how one year under your belt at a school really helps you see where you need to go next and what you need to do to improve. I will be forever grateful for this experience and being a part of the "Dream Team" as Principal White calls us.
There are times I think- "Wow, I wish I could have stumbled upon this position pre-Jackson!" But then I remember without Jackson and wanting to be part-time, I wouldn't have even had this opportunity. After all, as much as I really like my job, the best part is being at home with Jackson. I love that I am able to be at home with him and really get to do the ins and outs of mommyhood. Working full-time doesn't allow for that. When you only see your baby 3 maybe 4 hours a day, it's just not the same. The other huge factor is that RaRa and Meema are watching J the days I work. That is a huge relief for Aaron and me. I can't even imagine putting him in daycare. I have hard enough time leaving him in the nursery for Bible class every Sunday! We are certainly blessed to be able to leave him with our moms!!! And we are so thankful that they so willingly want to do this week after week!
At the ribbon cutting.
On Career Day.
With Soria, our school secretary, on the last day of school after our awards ceremony. Couldn't have coordinated that event or any other event I was in charge of without her! She's the BEST!!!
There are times I think- "Wow, I wish I could have stumbled upon this position pre-Jackson!" But then I remember without Jackson and wanting to be part-time, I wouldn't have even had this opportunity. After all, as much as I really like my job, the best part is being at home with Jackson. I love that I am able to be at home with him and really get to do the ins and outs of mommyhood. Working full-time doesn't allow for that. When you only see your baby 3 maybe 4 hours a day, it's just not the same. The other huge factor is that RaRa and Meema are watching J the days I work. That is a huge relief for Aaron and me. I can't even imagine putting him in daycare. I have hard enough time leaving him in the nursery for Bible class every Sunday! We are certainly blessed to be able to leave him with our moms!!! And we are so thankful that they so willingly want to do this week after week!
I am abundantly blessed with an opportunity to work a little and still be with my baby. I know there are many who dream of that! So as I close the chapter on this past year at YMLA, I look forward to the next school year and what it holds. I'm going to enjoy this gig of balancing being a school counselor and J's mommy as best I can.
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