8 weeks already??!! Can you believe it. I have been off work for 8 weeks. It seems like just yesterday that I went to tell my principal that Friday would be my last day and we were scheduled to be at the hospital at 4pm on Monday. My how time flies. I have very mixed feelings about going back. I have been up to visit my students several times since my maternity leave started and each time I am reminded of how much I miss them and love them dearly. I could not be blessed with a sweeter class with precious parents that come with them. I know it will be good for me to get into a steady routine {showered by 7 :)} and I know I am extremely blessed to have my mom keeping him while I am at school. However, I just can't imagine how I am going to stay away from this sweet little face for 8 hours.
I have melted down several times this weekend, hoping I got it all out so that today I can go in and teach and not look like a basket case. I know I am super lucky to have a job that I love and that also lets me leave at 3 and have summers off. It really is the perfect job for a mom who does not have the luxury of staying home. It just seems that my 8 weeks went by far too quickly. I keep wondering if Will is going to forget me or be sad because I have left him. Of course the answer to both of these questions is no, but they are of course in the back of my mind. Please say a quick prayer for me today if you will! That I can hold up and not cry in front of my kids and that I can make the adjustment easily. Summer will be here before we know it!
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I will definitely be praying for you. I am going to have to work after our baby gets here too. I know it will be so difficult. Have a great first day back!
Only 3 months and summer break!!!!!
It's hard leaving them, isn't it? I will say a prayer for you too and hopefully it will get easier as time goes by! Love You! Give Will a kiss for us!!
you're on the way in as shealy's on the way out!!! so crazy!
i love love love this picture of him with his arms over his head. that is too cute.
you will be fine going back. no worries. :):)
I hope your first day went well! I didn't see this until the end of the day, but I will pray the rest of the week is smooth!
You can do it!! God will grant you the grace to do so. Let us know how it goes.
You will be fine! I think you may be surprised how refreshing it may be - and how much you'll come to truly love those afternoons with Will! :) Summer is just around the bend!!
Brooke, I was thinking about you today, and can only imagine how hard it was, but I know that you'll be changing lives while at school and helping to shape a little life while at home! Hope you made it through without a breakdown!
I bet your class was so glad to see you! I will pray for you as you go through this hard adjustment. Much love~
Oh Brooke I know that is so hard. I really want to know how your day went. I will give you a call later this week, or why don't you call me on your way home from work one day. I will pray for you during these next couple of weeks. Just think, he will be SOOO excited when he does get to see you! Miss you!
It was hard for me also that day because you are my baby, and I couldn't stand to see you in pain having to leave him. He will never forget you....I will make sure of that. I'm just glad he's not in a day care somewhere waiting his turn, with all the other babies, for attention.
I love you,
mom
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