Get a Job

An interesting opportunity came up this past month.  Jake told me about an online job through BYU pathway.  It was a great part time job and I would be doing something I really enjoy and believe in while also serving others.  I went back and forth on the job until finally I decided I would apply.  I had a couple of interviews and had started the process to getting hired.  Ideally one would look at my life and think of course I could pick up a part time job while my kids were in school.  Ila will be going into 4th grade this coming year.  I would even have summers off.  My callings in church are youth Sunday school teacher and Im on the RS activity committee.  Even as I type this it is almost baffling why I can't work out my schedule to pick a 20 hours of work.
I started thinking about the kinds of things I have been involved in this past year:
Both my boys receiving their Eagle Scout award


Countless hours sewing costumes, making food and attending performances for ballroom.

The food I have prepared and served for the kids.  More importantly the relationships built with my kids peers while I fed them.






The school projects/ reports I have helped with.
(This is the model Ila and I used for her diorama)

The homework assignments I have done with my kids.  The communication and involvement I have had with my kids teachers

And the play that I helped with by feeding kids, running concessions and most importantly helping Briggs prepare to get this part and perform it.


I know all these things are above and beyond what I "have" to do as a mother but this is the only time I will be able to do these things.  So I turned down the job and decided to keep my focus on my kids.  
I haven't mentioned the summer lawn jobs I get to help my boys with each week (5 hrs of time) and the summer school classes I will be doing with my boys.