I've often thought about sitting down and writing over the last year. I have so many thoughts swirling in my head at any given time, I just can't always seem to get them out. So very much has occurred in the last year and a half, that most of time I don't even know where to begin. Beginning in August of 2015, we made the decision for me to return to a paid position outside of the home. Elodie was starting Kindergarten, so all the kids would be gone all day, five days a week. The decision was made because, quite frankly, we needed some extra money coming in. After fifteen years at home and no completed degree, I was nervous and skeptical at what I would find. I wanted something contained to the same hours the kids would be gone. Something that I might actually enjoy. And I was hoping for full time. Lo and behold, my good friend Shannon put me in contact with CCVI (Children's Center for the Visually Impaired) . I interviewed and was ...