Back to the Ol' Grind Stone

I started back to work this week after being on maternity leave for 12 weeks. I am an occupational therapist and I work in the school system with special needs kids. I love my job! I get to go into different schools in Rockdale and work with teachers and kids with various disabilities. I spend most of my time at Honey Creek Elementary because they have the READY preschool program. It is my favorite place. I enjoy preschool kids the most and have a variety there. They range from typical kids with minor needs to kids with severe/profound disabilities. I have an amazing staff that I work with. My therapy girls are awesome. They are fun to work with and hang out with and make it easier to want to go to work.

I was glad to get back into a routine this week but I really miss MY children. I called my friend Emily on Wednesday to check in with her and to just catch up. She sent me a text on Monday to let me know she was praying for me as I went back to school. We have been friends since college and were college roomies our 2nd and 3rd years there. I was her maid of honor in her wedding and we have shared many great memories over the years. She is the kind of friend who is always praying for and thinking about you. She went back to work this week too. She is a kindergarten teacher at John Milledge Academy in Milledgeville. She has two kids. Bethany, almost 4 and Caleb, 14 months. As we were talking, she mentioned that her sitter that was going to be keeping the kids this semester ended up not being able to and they were left without a sitter. Brandon has stayed home this with Caleb until Emily got home in the early afternoon. Needless to say, this will not work for a long time and they are desperately looking for a sitter. If you happen to know of anyone in Milledgeville, please send their name along. She was very stressed and struggling with what God may have planned for them. If she was supposed to work the year etc.

As she was talking about having such a good time with Bethany over the break and not wanting to go back to work. I totally felt how she was feeling in her heart. I have struggled with not wanting to go back to work but needing to to have some semblance of normalcy in my life. (I think I would just sit on the couch and eat all day if I stayed home full time.) After Isabella was born, I was READY to go back. I didn't realize how stressed I was and needed to be out of the house. This time has been different though. Isabella is at a fun age and William is certainly not stressful like Isabella was. Emily talked about missing out on being with Bethany and I am pretty sure we both wanted to cry thinking about our situations. So, you can pray for both of us as we get up every morning and leave our precious little ones to positively impact the lives of other little ones.