It’s been a while since the last time I blogged and kind of a lot has happened since then. First and foremost, my son Ben was born. Pretty big deal, the birth of a child. He’s changed, well, everything about my life.

Before he was born I was certain I wanted to advance in my career and was still trying to determine how best to make that happen. I received a lot of my self esteem from my work performance and the respect of my peers. But from the moment the boy was born, all that ceased to be important.

I really didn’t understand what parents meant by the insistence that nothing would ever be the same. I don’t think you can until it happens to you. But from the moment the doctor put that goo covered little boy on my chest I was toast. So here I sit, a stay at home mom when I never expected to be. My life suspended for my son and his well being. Maybe not suspended, but very much altered.