Balancing

A balance act has begun in my life, and I am sure we all have faced this or are facing this or will face this... balancing the needs of family, with the needs of work, with the needs, of school. Recently I have begun the all to familiar juggling act that all parents do keeping multiple balls in the air for the members in my family while letting trying to balance my own needs and wants. I have found that their is no perfect balance. I have wanted to give up and quit scream and cry, but where would that leave my family? Where would that leave the children that I care for each day that aren't my own? Where would it leave the parents who depend on me to step in and care and nurture and teach their little ones while they are away? No where is where? So in those moments of crisis I may have to let a ball slip out of alignment because another became a priority for the moment but I have to remember that's why we are human to make mistakes. We are not perfect. We are not meant to be, I can catch up with my school work, I can take read that book while waiting outside of the school to pick up kids or while in the dentist's waiting room for an hour. It's about slowing down and not worrying about how little we have accomplished but congratulating ourselves on how much we have accomplished.

A Start...

     A few years ago I started a blog to help myself channel the emotions of dealing with several life challenges, I found that it was challenging to write for an audience of people with no sure idea of what  I would like to say. Now with a better understanding of myself and with a clear idea ( I hope) of what I would like this blog to develop into,  I am optimistic that this can become a successful venture , a place to gather my thoughts and meet the challenges of life by putting words on screen.
     So let me start off by giving a little background about myself. I am a military wife of 15years with three children. My husband is currently serving on Active Duty. As you can imagine this is a unique situation for anyone to find themselves however I am fortunate to have a very strong support system of colleagues, friends, family and other military wives here and all over the world in which to connect and grow with. As you might have guess with constant moving about and a focus on my husband career at the forefront of much of my life, following my own dreams has been a challenge. As any military spouse learns that we are not merely spectators of our husband's job choice, we make a real lifestyle change. Which sacrifices some for all members of the family. Through this choice which I have never regretted. I have reinvented the idea of who I thought I was and who I can be personally and in terms of my career.
     Once a upon a time, I saw myself as a traditional classroom teacher, I pursued my educational goal, through the raising of two children , the birth of a third and through 3 deployments. However as my husbands career has flourished, mine dream I found was not able to continue quite as I thought. So after  two moves across the United States in 3 years, I hit upon a way to impact positively the children and families of my military community and help support my husband as well, thus I was able to open a child care center within my home. Through this I am finding as much enjoyment as I believed was always there for me within education just maybe not to the audience that I once that I would be reaching.
      It is a rewarding and challenging as any career and really once you find a career you enjoy shouldn't that be what the focus should be on?