Time For A Change!

Change is a good thing!  That’s what I kept telling myself as I pushed back the tears while I told my boss of 10 years and a mentor of 20 years that I was resigning from my position at his veterinary clinic.  When I finished my education as a licensed veterinary technician at MSU I never imagined in just a few years I’d be quitting my job to stay at home!  When I started working as a technician I was “the job”.  I loved spending all my free time reading veterinary magazines, I eagerly took on extra shifts, I was overly excited for veterinary conferences….the list goes on and on……I loved my job! 

Then things changed over the years.  I still loved my job while I was there, but my free time got prioritized differently.  Brad, a serious boyfriend at the start of my employment as a technician, later became my husband.  I had new priorities and interests as his wife….a farmer’s wife.  My free time was now consumed talking about what piece of equipment we needed to buy before the end of the year, or the ever changing grain market prices, or the WEATHER, lol.

Then things changed again.  Brad and I became parents to Claire and then Cody 2 ½ years later.  At that time I had taken on more responsibility at the veterinary clinic and also within our farm. 

Yes, my life was busy and sometimes chaotic.  I like being busy, but was it too busy?   I always go above and beyond with any of my tasks in life, and I had too much on my plate for that to happen any longer.  I was spreading myself too thin to be a great farmer's wife, mother, and veterinary technician.

When I enrolled Claire into preschool it hit me….. “Where has the time gone!?  How is my oldest child old enough to be in preschool already?”  I realized even though I was working only part time at the veterinary clinic that I still had too many other priorities in my life to continue working outside of our family.  It was a hard decision, but it was time for a change.

My life had changed.  My heart had changed.  My interests and priorities were so different from where they were 10 years ago.  I will forever miss my relationships I developed at the veterinary clinic with pet owners and with coworkers.  But, after just a short month with my new “stay at home mom” title, I know I will forever cherish the time I am spending with my kids and husband!  Being able to have picnics under the shade tree in our back yard, or being able to go for ride on the ATV all together as a family when Brad comes home in the evenings, or having the kids deliver warm cider and donuts to everyone in the fields during harvest….these are the important things, the memories I will hold onto and cherish.

 

I am so blessed to have gone to college, loved my work in the veterinary field, and maybe go back to it someday?  But, I am more thankful for my opportunity to be at home being a farmer’s wife and mother……where I feel my place in life truly is!