Also, I am having a hard time with Eleanor being in school. I no longer have a preschooler to take care of every day. I never really understood how quickly I clung to the job of "Mother". Now, I know I am still a mother, but my role has completely changed. No longer is Eleanor in my charge every moment of every day. So, what am I now. I am a housewife, I guess. My days are filled with cleaning, running errands, and waiting for my girl to get off the bus. I feel like my life is in limbo between the hours of 7 and 3.
Now, before you even ask or suggest, I will not be getting a job. Bryan and I have prayed and discussed this and we do not feel like it is where God wants me. But even so, I am having a hard time now that my primary role is shifting.
I think with this shift and with the journey losing this weight, I don't seem to know who I am. I do know who I am in the eyes of our Lord, and that is what I am clinging to. I guess in the long run, that is the only thing that matters.
But, I can't help but wonder what the new Mary will be like when I emerge from this identity crisis.
Some of you have been wanting to see updated pictures of me(the ones that don't get to see me on a regular basis.). I put these jeans on this morning and Bryan said "woozers". I have lost 13 inches in my thighs and only 3 in my waist, so I am in limbo of not being able to by a smaller pair of pants even though the legs look like tents!
New "biggest loser" style picture will be coming in a couple of weeks. :)
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ReplyDeleteYou look awesome Mary! I'm so happy for you! :)
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