I purchased this little round thingy in the picture above about 7 years ago at Celestial Seasons tea in Colorado. I remember buying it to remind me that as I would be transitioning from the stay home PTA and volunteer for everything possible mom to the mom of adult children that I had to find a new love. I love being a mom. I love packing lunch boxes and baking cookies, setting in frigid weather to watch soccer games, sitting beside the marching band in the bleachers to hear my band kids, orchestra recitals back to school shopping and all the other fun stuff. It was my life but I knew it wasnt going to last forever.
Lets get back to the now where I am the mom of an adult married daughter which also means we got a son in law who we think is pretty awesome as well. I am the mom of a senior in college and our baby boy will be a sophomore in college. Now I text people to see who will be home for dinner and do I need to cook for 2 or 4 people. I have to schedule time for all of us to be in the same place. I use to know the name of all my kids teachers now I dont even know the names of their classes. Probably because some of them have classes that start with the word quantum and I dont even know what that means! I still love being a mom it just isnt what it use to be and I get to sleep whenever I want now. That part I really like.
I have always loved crafting and when the mom job became a little crazy and I wanted to run away screaming I would make something. When I took up knitting I was surprised how the repetition of making the stitches over and over was extremely calming and when you finished you would have a wash cloth or a scarf depending on how long it took you to calm down.
I was once talking to a therapist that I had met somewhere and we were just talking and she said something that stuck with me. Your job doesnt have to be what you love. People choose a career when they are pretty young with no experience in the world and they enjoy it at first but then it looses its sparkle. Thats why its important to find something you do love that you can do. She said she knew people who love to travel and the money they make from the jobs that they do allows them to do what they love.
Right now I am in a place where I am making a little bit of money loving what I do. All those years of making things has started helping me with that. If you are not in the same place as me I would like to encourage you to think about some things that you love. Last week I was lucky enough to teach someone how to make apple cider vinegar, oregano and peppermint tinctures and soap. I had so much fun and I hope they did too.
The next time you are watching something on tv, reading a book or magazine, hear something on a radio or from a conversation that you are having with someone and they idea of wanting to do something pops in your head act on it. Unless is illegal. That might not be a good idea. If you are eating out and you taste something you like and the thought " I could make this" do it! The more things you find that you love to do makes those things we have to do a lot less terrible. I dont love to clean up the kitchen but I love to cook. I cant cook if I dont have clean dishes so its a balance.
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