Thursday, March 15, 2012

SAHM and part-time WAHM to be...


It is a gift from God, a blessing and a journey that keeps on giving!  







    I am a SAHM and mother of three.  I should say I am a SAHM and a part-time WAHM.  Really, that is what I am.  I do work after all.  Being a full time mom IS work.  It isn't for everyone and at first I thought I would go insane.  I really did miss my job and all the challenges it brought in my life.  I mostly missed seeing the pregnant mamas, their babies, the conversations and helping others.  I know, sounds weird but to me work was an escape, well sort of.  It was where I felt most challenged.  Boy was I wrong about the challenged part.  Raising my oldest was full of challenges, delights, love... I could go on and on but it is what came natural to me.  I didn't have to study 4 years, take tests and graduate to become a MOM.  It is a gift from God, a blessing and a journey that keeps on giving!  

     Way back when, I was a divorced, working mama and college student...DWSM for short..lol  Now that was a challenge.  I raised my first daughter on my own since she was almost 4.  She is now 23 and married.  I worked in the teaching field for 11years while raising my oldest daughter. I graduated from college in 2000.  I was single and never dated after the divorce.  Life was good, and I had fewer responsibilities back then.

     After I was diagnosed with having Kidney stones and ITP all in one visit to the ER, my career changed almost over night.  I fell in love with the medical field and became a NCMA in 1999.  After completing my internship, I started working in an OB/GYN office for almost four years.  During my third year as a NCMA I  met my husband.  A year later my 2nd child was born July of 2003.  She was my miracle baby, born very premature, 2lbs 8oz to a mama with severe HELLP syndrome.  This is when my real life challenge began and I became a full time, SAHM.  It was a huge challenge and a lonely world at first.  My oldest daughter was almost 15 when my middle child was brought into our world via emergency c-section.  My husband started working in the oil field industry and was gone for months on end.

     Emily was born at 28 wks and stayed in NICU for almost two months.  She came home weighing 4lbs 11oz.  She was tiny and fragile.  As my maternity leave was coming to an end,  I started to get nervous about going back to work.  I knew I didn't want anyone else caring for our sweet baby.  I became a SAHM for the first time at the age of 35.  This was a very new world for me and one that I am so proud to be a part of.  I love being home with my kids.  I didn't get that privilege with my oldest daughter.

     It has been almost 9 years since I decided to become a SAHM.  So much has happened in those years.  We began trying for another miracle and ended up having 3 miscarriages.  We moved 3 times, and finally bought our first home in 2008.  In 2010, I had my son via c-section a month early.  Our family was complete.

     My husband is still working in the oil field and I keep up with my NCMA certification every year.  Since the birth of our son, I am more passionate about being a SAHM.  I don't know if I will ever go back to work outside the home.  I do know, I am and will continue looking into opportunities so I can become a true WAHM as well.