The Return Back to Work

Returning back to work after maternity leave was a difficult transition that I am still struggling with (8 months later). Growing up I had always dreamt of being a teacher, when I got hired as one I found so much satisfaction and passion of this career. I had never imagined that once I had a child the thought of returning back to work would have been so difficult for me. The thought of leaving my “whole world” in the care of someone else just absolutely, devastated me. I know everyone tells you that returning back to work gets easier as time goes on, but I am not sure when or if that will happen.

After much anticipation and contemplation I finally bottled up some courage to go look at some child care centres.  We had recently moved into a small community and child care was limited. As a first-time time mom looking for childcare is already stressful enough now only having the option of choosing from a select few was much more stressful. After touring the handful of them I got into my car and just cried. There I was just sitting in my car with my 10 month old sobbing. I immediately called my husband and told him that I was quitting my teaching job and staying home. We contemplated the idea for a bit but after thinking about how hard I have worked to become a teacher it was something I just couldn’t give up that easily. our temporary solution was to ask my grandmother to move in with us to watch our son while I went back to my teaching job part-time. I knew that this wasn't going to be our forever solution and needed to figure out a way to ultimately stay at home full time with my son.

My friend then joined Arbonne and inspired me to dig deeper into the business opportunity. Arbonne is a network marketing profession. I honestly never thought that this was something I was going to do because I knew nothing about the industy. After doing my research I knew that this would be my ticket to becoming a full time stay at home mom. I am so grateful that I have been able to work part-time and now have some extra money coming in each month to help support that decision. My whole vision for my future and my family has drastically changed. I am super excited to see what is in store for me in the very near future.