Swinging on Birches

I've made a big change in my life. I'm not sure what took me so long to put it in writing.  Maybe the fear of such a huge decision and so much change? Maybe being afraid of what people would say? Maybe not putting in writing keeps every aspect from being fully realized? But, it's here.  If I hadn't made this decision, I would've returned to the office on August 1st. Instead, I'm home. Watching Wardie everyday along with other kiddos as a home childcare provider. The transition has been full of so many things:  golden mornings where the kids are running around outside with the morning sun making little halos around their heads, frustrating lunchtime battles, naptime cries because of missing mom and dad, a surreal feeling of not being in an office for the first time in seven years, pangs of loneliness in missing friends and bits of boredom from feeling a bit "cooped up" at times.  Sometimes I feel like a "plastic mommy" surrou