The Beginning

I suppose I should start at the beginning; well not the whole beginning, who has that much time? So, I guess I will start with the basics. I am a mother, wife, daughter, sister, friend, in any given order. My husband Ben and I am have a 2 year old little guy named Henry. He is the center of our life and the stealer of my sanity. Ben is the person who gives me meaning, makes me laugh everyday and constantly pushes me outside of my comfort level. These are all reasons why I would not trade one second of my life with him.
I left my job about a year ago for reasons that I'm sure will be discussed in further posts. In short, I get to stay home with Henry while trying to find a job, not a bad trade off. In this time I have learned 2 things: 1) The job market is depressing and unforgiving; and 2) after 31 years of life, I may not know myself at all. After nearly a year of hitting the pavement, I have come to realize that I need to make some changes in my career path.

Options: Go back to school. Start my own bakery. Win the lottery. Enroll Henry in modeling classes.

For now, I'm surviving everyday surrounded by the constant love of a 2 year old who thinks I hung the moon. I'm hoping to find some other moms or women who are in the same situation as me, who I can relate to, and connect with. All the while becoming a better wife, and mother. And maybe find a little bit of the shine I seemed to have lost in the last year.