Hopeful Changes

I have spent the better part of my adulthood caring for children.  I am a mother to three of my own.  I ran an in-home child care for fifteen years.  Then, I was a private nanny for several families.  This has been a thirty-eight year adventure!

A week ago, I gave notice at my nanny job.  It was a huge decision and one I did not make lightly.  I truly love the children of the family I was currently working for.  I am fond of the their parents, as well.  The decision came mostly from a place of being so completely tired and mentally drained.  I was not doing the job that I once did.  I was finding it harder and harder to keep up with life’s demands.  I don’t sleep well and have a lot of intestinal problems due to an ulcer and not having a gallbladder.  Fun times!

My son and I also clean houses three days a week.  My son has OCD , along with the lovely anxiety and depression that usually goes hand-in-hand with OCD.  But, he is doing such a great job with our little house cleaning/yard work business.  He has decided to register the business name and get it set up properly.  This is a huge success as he has struggled in the jobs he has tried.  Anxiety and OCD always won out.

It has been one of my biggest fears that when I die, my children will be left homeless and with nobody to turn too.  But, this little business venture might be the answer!  I felt it was time for me to quite the nanny job and devote the time to helping him get his driver’s license and fill in the days with jobs.  He was not able to drive due to extreme fear of being in a car.  With proper medication and a lot of work on his part, he has conquered that fear!  My daughter will join in the business as soon as her nanny job is done at the end of the school year.

After all is set up and running, I will mostly retire.  I can work at social media and keep the books from home while my kids do the work.  At least, that is the plan!

I wanted to post about the big changes I had mentioned in an earlier post.  At the age of 62 another adventure begins!!