Let me first ‘thank’ Elizabeth Gilbert for opening her mouth on the Oprah Show the other day.  (Can you tell I didn’t really like what she had to say?) She believes that if a woman chooses to stay home and be a wife and a mother she is sacrificing her life.  Or perhaps she polled all wives out there and i just missed my turn in line…either way, what a load of crock!  So my question is asked with a bit of irony.  I don’t think giving up something willingly necessarily fits many people’s idea of a sacrifice.  Unless you are ‘victimized’ in some way, it isn’t really a sacrifice.

So my answer to the question…I gave up my job.  I coached swimming, and I loved it, at the same time there were a few months when gas prices where way up  there that I think it almost cost us for me to work.  The drive wasn’t short, about an hour each way, sometimes more with traffic.  But what sealed the deal for me was seeing my little boys, sometimes “A”, then it was “H” stand by the window as I pulled out of the driveway.  There were days I was in tears.  I loved coaching, but when dealing with 50 sets of parents there are ALWAYS going to be issues.  I loved the kids, but admittedly not all of them.  And it pained me to miss dinners with my boys, helping with homework, cooking for my family, so after some soul searching, I gave it up.  And I can honestly say, I don’t miss it… well, I don’t miss it 90% of the time!