...a little bit more about myself first.
I was in a corporate job until about 2 years ago, when my husband got a working assignment which , in turn, gave me an opportunity to do something I had been contemplating ever since Chace was diagnosed with global developmental delay (GDD). At the time, we were already letting Chace do both occupational and speech therapy, and there was definite progress; there was no doubt of the benefits he was getting from OT and ST. But, in my mind, I always felt that more was needed. He needed someone to focus on getting him to do the therapy at home; more than that, I really felt he needed one parent at home. I just could not entrust his care to a yaya, seeing as he needed so much more than just someone to feed him and prepare him for school.
The decision to take a personal leave from my job was a year-long discussion between myself and my husband. The primary consideration was, of course, financial. We knew it was not practical for a family to live on a single income. In the end, it was about what Chace needed now. We both came to the conclusion that having one parent focus on him would pay off better later on, in ways which money cannot buy.
So here I am, now a committed housewife and hands-on mom, not perfect (but aspiring to be). Some family and friends may applaud our decison, others will wonder what the hell we are doing. I admit that sometimes, I think about whether this was the wrong decision to make, whether I just wasted my education and career experience, to turn around and do something completely different, new and unfamiliar...
...but then my heart whispers to me, "Yep, you're moving in the right direction." <3
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