Happy New Year

I have had a lot of people recently tell me that they love the new year desperately because it provides them a "clean slate" if you will. I honestly have never really thought of it that way, but it seems to make a lot of sense. I've made resolutions in the past, yes, but I've never really seen it as a brand new beginning. However, I would like to start looking at it this way because I think it would keep every month from banging into the other in an out of control manner where every year is similar to the previous.

But I know this year is going to be different for one reason in particular. I have requested to start working part time. Yes, it's a big step for me. I didn't really see this happening except for maybe when I had child #2. But God has His own beautiful timing for everything. I've been praying off and on for awhile that He would show me if and when I ever should switch to part time. Over Christmas, He chose to make those thoughts known. :)
Some of you aren't aware that my current work schedule consists of 2.5 days in the office, and 2.5 days working from my home. As you can imagine, when I work from home, I also have the job of being a mother. This has proven to be more and more difficult with each passing week. So much so, that I started to see some of my depression symptoms kick back up again. I talked to my doctor about it and she saw a direct correlation with stress and working from home. But I told her there was nothing I could do about that for now. Well, little did I know that God would orchestrate a wonderful transition sooner than I had thought.
All of this is only possible because I work for a wonderful organization with wonderful godly people. The director of Let's Start Talking is extremely supportive and basically agreed with everything I proposed. I honestly can't tell you what a relief this is. It is actually very unexpected (one month ago, I wasn't even thinking about part time), which makes it even better. Just knowing that I wont' have to be splitting myself in two anymore is awesome. I will no longer be working any from home. That time will be reserved for playing with Noah and enjoying that time while I have it. So far it looks like I'll start working 3 days a week. This change will not happen necessarily soon. There are a lot of odds and ins that need to work out, so please be praying about this. I would appreciate it.
Brian has been so great about this. He said the other night that he feels a lot of peace surrounding this, which didn't use to be the case when this subject came up. He has been doing so well at this job and we are hoping for a generous raise next month (his 1 year). His boss has been very encouraging and complimentary towards Brian's work and wants to keep him around at Cook for a long time. :)
Anyway, that's my big news. It's a very exciting step for me and I can't wait to get started. This New year is already off to a great start. I hope yours is too.