Homemaker

After ten years in the work-force, I completed my last day of office work yesterday. I am now free to transition into my true vocation as Homemaker. It's something I've dreamed of for my entire adult life and now it is a reality. It's hard to know what to think or how I feel, I'm so overcome by God's abundant gifts.

I told my mom once long before I met Rob that after I graduated college I had chosen to live my life preparing for my vocation in advance. I made it a priority to become debt free, knowing that debt can be one of the main hindrances to becoming a homemaker. This led me to becoming masterful at budgets and in living inside one. Ironically, it was these very inclinations that led me to my career as a bookkeeper. Funny how that one pivotal choice to start sacrificing for my family before it came to be led to fulfilling work.

I made the long and arduous journey of recovering from chronic neck pain in this same way. My eye on my future vocation to marriage and family life. This sweet little one growing inside me has inspired and driven me long before she came into existence. The lessons I learned through engaging my pain and delving into pain science were invaluable not only to my recovery, but in my formation. I've said this many times, but suffering through chronic neck pain made me more myself. 

It has been my life's work to prepare the way in advance. Luckily Rob has seen his vocation in this same way, and his affirming desire to bring me home to care for our family is the answering call to my heart song. Once I found Rob and we got married, the Lord saw fit to bless us right away with this pregnancy. Though I spent years suffering through the toils of my single life, I can see so clearly now how the Lord was preparing me mind, heart and body to bring forth this new life. Hopefully, the first of many.

With our sweet baby girl due in September, being able to come home now is such a blessing. Truth be told, I have been putting off getting the house ready for a baby until I finished working. Now it's like the starting pistol has gone off and my mind is filled with to-do lists and projects for our home. My poor husband, who enjoys a leisurely Saturday (and he should, as he works hard to provide for us during the week) was met by his nesting choleric wife this morning. And look what we did! Our baby's room has a crib now! Rob put this together with his own two hands, while I floated around the outskirts finding the right screws and handing him tools. Life is very full right now!

Last day of work bumpie. August 3, 2018