Box of Chocolates

So much is happening in my life, yet I feel like nothing is getting done.  Ever feel like that?  You are so busy yet nothing seems to be completed.  I had big plans for the end of this year and here it is Sept. 15th and I don't have many of my goal items even started. I am at a huge crossroad in my life.  One of going from stay at home mom to ______      that is the question.  What am I going to do next in this so called life?  I have been blessed to be a stay at home wife and mom for almost eight years now.  WOW, eight years!  I have been a mom for longer than I taught in the classroom.  I call it my second profession.  Teaching was my first profession, Motherhood second profession, and my third is in the balance. I could very well go back to the classroom.  I know without a doubt that I would be a better teacher now that I have been on both sides of the teacher / parent relationship. We have always had the plan when the kids are all in school that I would go back to work.  At

pas sion  |ˈpa  sh  ən| noun 1  strong and barely controllable emotion •  an intense desire or enthusiasm for something  •  a thing arousing enthusiasm Lately I have been thinking about what is my passion?  Mostly because I am planning on going back to work next year. Teaching is my chosen profession. I spent a great deal of time and money in the schooling for my chosen field.  I like teaching, but I am not passionate about being an elementary school teacher.  I like photography and scrapbooking (as a social activity), but I am not passionate about these things either. The light bulb came on this week for me and so of course I must share. I think my passion has been staring me in the face for years.  I just now starting to see how I can use this passion for good and not evil.  It is a foreign world to most and a huge burden that has to be dealt with often by others.  I can't read enough articles on the subject or articles relating to the subject.  If any of you know me well you