I'm thankful to have overcome the challenge of going back to work as a lawyer after being a stay at home mom for 13 years. Nobody goes to law school expecting to spend a substantial part of your working years NOT working as a lawyer. I've written in numerous other places on this blog about how I'm grateful for the opportunity to have had so much time with my kids in their young years and grateful for the privilege that it was even an option available to us. The thing I didn't write about was how, as the years stacked up, it felt like an increasingly impossible thing to jump back into the workforce. I wasn't sure if anyone would give me a chance with that kind of gap in work history and I wasn't sure they *should* give me the chance after that long away. I was nervous knowing that, like most professional jobs, you are bearing a pretty good load of trust, responsibility, and expected knowledge right away. After we got into double digits years of my time at home, I honestly didn't know if I'd ever go back to work, at least as a lawyer. Thanks be to God, the perfect opportunity came along that allowed me to use skills I already had and that fit into the life we wanted to keep. Also thanks be to God, He got me through those first few months that only in hindsight can I admit to myself how hard that transition was. I'm thankful to have made it through, to have my lawyer mind and confidence back, to have bridged the gap that for so long felt unbridgeable.
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