Pebbles in the Sand

Having been a stay-at-home-mom primarily for the last 10 years, and then some, I feel it is my responsibility to add to the household income now that my children are all in school full time.  The youngest is in first grade and that means no more kiddos during the day to stay home to take care of.  It's a tough transition for me.  This is "what I do."  I don't know how anymore to work a full-time 40 hour-a-week job.  This has been my ONLY job forever!  That being what it is, I am quickly filling my time with many different things.  Not only do I still have the responsibility of running the house, and many of us know what that entails, but I also must now learn how to run a business.  Have I mentioned that I merely have a high-school diploma? Not an easy thing to do.  However, I feel it is "doable."  And I have been proving it.  Albeit, slowly.

As many of you know, I have a booth at Olde Towne Hall Antiques in Stratham where a wonderful woman named Natalie Healy runs a multi-dealer shop.  I find old things and make them new or find a new way to use them, give them new life, etc.  It's no "get rich quick" scheme, for sure!  It's work!  But, as it has been called before, it is a "labor of love."  It's rewarding to me to be able to take some inexpensive (for lack of a better word) item found at a yard sale, thrift shop or some other unspecified place that has been discarded and give it a new chance at being loved again.  Hmmm, kind of like an orphanage for all things used and unwanted.  I like to call them American treasures. Although sometimes they are most definitely NOT American.  That's ok - they need love too.

Having the chance to do this has opened many doors for me and I can not say enough how thankful I am to Natalie Healy for allowing me the chance to feel like I am more than just a housewife and stay-at-home-mom.  And I can't forget to praise the One most worthy, God.  Please don't get me wrong - I am in no way, shape or form taking away from the importance of those jobs or the value of the women who do them!  They are America's foundation, but too often are left feeling like pebbles in the sand whose beauty and importance goes unnoticed.  Well ladies, I haven't forgotten you.  I love you all!  Thank you for doing what you do, and thank you ladies out there with full time careers who balance that with being a mom as well!  You all are amazing! 

Here's to opened doors, career women, and stay-at-home moms everywhere!  Salud!!