My Aunt Bon gave me a sewing machine 3 years ago...and I havent opened it yet.Today, I feel suddenly inspired to open it.
I want to make soft soled baby shoes.
On pins and needles soft bottom baby shoes has a great tutorial and beautiful designs. It takes you step by step through cutting and sewing the shoes and what materials to use. It looks easy enough.
Last night Brian and Jolene from our small group asked us an ice breaker: If you could have any job in the world, regardless of money, to enjoy the rest of your life, what would it be?
I said Stay at Home Mom. Jim said Pilot.
But just an hour early I was sitting at dinner with Jim and telling him that I don't think I am naturally equipped to be a 24/7 stay at home mom. IT IS HARD WORK!!! I got a taste of it when I watched my 3 god-children for a day...and I do believe that they are in the upper 5% of well behaved, "easy" kids. I was tired when their parents got home.
As my due date approaches, I have daily moments of reflection back onto my life before being a mom.
I have spent the last 12 years of my life, 9 of them at Campus Door, within corporate America. I love it! I feel like I was built to do what I do as a business woman. I think I am not good, but a GREAT motivator. I like selling. I like mapping out a business plan and seeing the sales flow in. I am good at it. I dont want to just give it up.
For 5 months, I have been immersed in "mommy-land". This is a land where the customer pool never ceases. Pregnant woman want to buy "baby things". I find myself looking at all of the gadgets and gizmos, be they simple or ....um...bumboish... and I think, what product hasn't been perfected or created....where can I find a niche that would allow me to enjoy the reward of being a mom and still reap the fulfillment of being a business woman? Is it soft soled baby shoes? Is it creating a baby consignment expo that I can travel to various regional venues and shop to other mommy's/consigners? Is it these cute little gift sets that I sooo want to make for my pregnant friends( 4 total, plus me equals 5).
THIS is how a business mommy thinks!
So far, all I have come up with is.....I want to make soft soled baby shoes.
I am going to say something to you I know I have probably said before.....
ReplyDeleteJust wait and see. You have all these thoughts running through your head now. Your head, as of now, is still in Stacy mode. Once your little one arrives your brain isn't just in Stacy mode anymore. Your brain, body and heart will forever be linked in a special way with another being. A link that only a Mother can have with a child.
In saying all of that.....you just don't know what life is going to be like for you in a few short months, a year, five years.... You never lose yourself, your core being. But, you change. Your desires, dreams, hopes take on new meaning.
So, for now, put the SAHM vs. WOHM debate for yourself on the back burner. Let it be a decision you think about or decide once you settle into just being a Mom. Lives can change completely when that little being wraps its' hand around your finger......wrapping itself around your heart forever.