So true, Dorothy, and I too have wondered what my life would have been like if I had chosen differently. I realized I couldn't do it all when my youngest was about a year old and left my career with the intention of returning in a few years. That didn't happen. I said other "yeses" that meant "no" to a traditional career. I wouldn't be the person I am today if I had stayed taken the other path. Not better or worse, but different. I like who I am today, and I trust that I am becoming the individual God created me to be. Great post, Dorothy. Thank you!
I loved this article. I completely agree with you. I wonder too about my choices, but as I am making a child's bed to get ready for her to return home from college, I give thanks that I have the time to prepare for her. It really is not about me anymore and has not been for the last 20 years. I don't get paid for parenting, but I think I would have paid for it in many ways if I had not been present. P.S. I also agree about the baseball. Lol.
The choices we make as mothers can be excruciating--and we never know what the long-term results will be when we initially make the choices. This post hits me right between the eyes. Choosing and losing. Losing and choosing. But we can't say yes to something new if our hands are already full. We have to set something down and walk away from it in order to pursue something else. Good stuff here, Dorothy.
My husband and I are making some bold choose/lose decisions these days, having recently sold our home and most everything else we own so we can hit the road (very soon!) as full-time international nomads, owning only what we can carry in our truck or on our backs. So many goodbyes. So much loss. But also so much freedom and adventure. Saying goodbye, so we can say hello.
Love, love what you've written here, Dorothy. It resonates with me. Not so much for huge career dreams and what-ifs, but being content (with the Lord's help) with the choices I've made, and with situations that were never in my control.
Well said and I can certainly identify! Have I really missed out OR has my life more significance as I’ve walked out this journey, that I’m not sure I chose but just kept going forward?
An excellent post, Dorothy, and very relatable. I, too, could not do it all and chose my children over career advancement. Now in the third stage of life, it's all about faith and saying yes to a new career! -C.D.
So true, Dorothy, and I too have wondered what my life would have been like if I had chosen differently. I realized I couldn't do it all when my youngest was about a year old and left my career with the intention of returning in a few years. That didn't happen. I said other "yeses" that meant "no" to a traditional career. I wouldn't be the person I am today if I had stayed taken the other path. Not better or worse, but different. I like who I am today, and I trust that I am becoming the individual God created me to be. Great post, Dorothy. Thank you!
I loved this article. I completely agree with you. I wonder too about my choices, but as I am making a child's bed to get ready for her to return home from college, I give thanks that I have the time to prepare for her. It really is not about me anymore and has not been for the last 20 years. I don't get paid for parenting, but I think I would have paid for it in many ways if I had not been present. P.S. I also agree about the baseball. Lol.
The choices we make as mothers can be excruciating--and we never know what the long-term results will be when we initially make the choices. This post hits me right between the eyes. Choosing and losing. Losing and choosing. But we can't say yes to something new if our hands are already full. We have to set something down and walk away from it in order to pursue something else. Good stuff here, Dorothy.
My husband and I are making some bold choose/lose decisions these days, having recently sold our home and most everything else we own so we can hit the road (very soon!) as full-time international nomads, owning only what we can carry in our truck or on our backs. So many goodbyes. So much loss. But also so much freedom and adventure. Saying goodbye, so we can say hello.
Wise life choices, but costly. I can relate.
Love, love what you've written here, Dorothy. It resonates with me. Not so much for huge career dreams and what-ifs, but being content (with the Lord's help) with the choices I've made, and with situations that were never in my control.
I had the same response to this book. If I have regrets at all, they are the exact opposite!
Well said and I can certainly identify! Have I really missed out OR has my life more significance as I’ve walked out this journey, that I’m not sure I chose but just kept going forward?
An excellent post, Dorothy, and very relatable. I, too, could not do it all and chose my children over career advancement. Now in the third stage of life, it's all about faith and saying yes to a new career! -C.D.