I AM A MOTHER

I am currently reading a book titled: I am a Mother, by Jane Clayson Johnson. This book has really spoken to my heart and has given me such strength and encouragement. The book is a positive perspective of a successful professional who became a mother and feels that becoming a mother is the biggest success in her life thus far. I would suggest this book to anyone, especially anyone who is in the workforce and thinking about becoming a mother.
I love my profession and chose my current profession so that I could both work and raise a family. Beofre I got married I felt like I was on top of the world with my professions. I loved, loved, loved my job! I was a fulltime School Counselor and a Girls Basketball Coach. I was very involved in my profession and was the Utah School Counseling Association Vice President for Middle School. I love being involved and still do. However after Landon and I got married I miscarried and the stress of everything became too much at my profession. So, I quit and was then hired at the Utah State Office of Education as a School Counselor over Utahfutures Specialist/Trainings. I started working part time as I was pregnant with McKenna. Now that I have a baby I feel a lot of pressure to work more and in fact when I was pregnant so many people made comments to me about jumping the gun or throwing my career away. Now that I have McKenna, I have more of a desire to be home with her. I love being a mom! Why does our world think so negatively about women who are stay at home Moms? My dream is to be able to stay at home with my kids but for right now I have to work.