Closed for Renovations

The day has finally come. Actually, it's come and gone. The Daddy Day Care officially closed a week ago when I received a verbal job offer just in time for us to accept day care positions at the school Les teaches at. The kids all began last week and have done very well. They actually wake up excited about going and come home excited to tell me how their day went.

I've learned a lot through this experience. I must say that some of the things I've learned about myself, I really would have rather not known. I know, it's better that I do know, that I may deal with my own wretchedness. But ignorance was kind of bliss when it came to my own selfishness and such. Staying home all day with three small children will certainly bring such a problem to the surface...and rather quickly I might add.

But I've also learned (once again) to never say "never." I remember saying that my kids would never be in day care. In my own smugness I would look down on those who would put their kids in day care. I always thought that they were either trying to attain more stuff or simply hadn't planned well enough. But I've now come to understand the plethora of reasons parents might have to put their children in day care. For us it wasn't about moving on up to the Eastside. It was simply about surviving. I thought that an evening job was the solution. Les would come home from work and I would leave to go to work. Although our kids would always be with one of us, what exactly would that accomplish for us regarding family life. They wouldn't know such a thing. So here we are, with them in day care, both of us soon to be working, and hopefully some time and energy left to be a family. It's temporary, as I'm learning all things are.

So what about the blog? I think I'll keep blogging. Maybe not here, but maybe I will since I already paid for the domain. And some of my favorite things to write about are my experiences with the kids. As for the job, more to come on that later since everything is still not official yet (just verbal). I will say that it's with a ministry and that it's a place I sent my resume to long before Les ever began looking for a teaching position (while we were still in B'ham). God's timing is always perfect so I won't second guess it. I think it will be a good thing if/when it all pans out.

Until next time...