My team arranged for a little get together before I left and got me a beautiful flower arrangement for me to leave with.

Thanks everyone!

Today I closed a chapter in my life. I resigned from my job after working full-time for 13+ years as a director/designer. It was a tough decision that I struggled with and prayed about for several months and after going through all kinds of emotions, I finally decided to let it go… This was a choice we made as a family when we decided to “simplify” our lives. As much as I would like to think I was good at balancing my kids and my career, the truth was, I was not… I was too busy, doing too many things and was always on the go, rushing my kids along. I chose to take a few steps back and reprioritize my life. It’s nerve-wracking to think that I’m letting go of a career I’ve been building for 21 years, but I came to realize the most important job I needed to be best at is being a mom and a wife.
I have been so blessed to do what I love for a living and met so many wonderful people in my industry who became my closest friends. As much as I’m sad, I’m also excited to relax a little, spend more quality time with my family and most excited about driving kids to school in my pjs tomorrow morning!

I’ll miss this place…

Celebratory lunch with my co-workers. Cheers!
I’ll be working with them as a consultant. 😉

She was a little bit nervous to perform but she did really well. Well done!

We loved The School of Rock Musical! I laughed, I cried…so inspiring to see such young talented kids!

We are enjoying this unbelievably gorgeous 72° weather in Central Park!

Kids have a winter break this week and I have a fun day planned for us in the city.

Lunch at Jams

Three entrées 

Clean plates :

Chloe’s heart painting

I had an amazing night hanging out with these beautiful ladies, sharing each of our grace stories over delicious meal. Thank you Susan for having us over!

We have delayed school opening because of the winter storm we had yesterday. Our backyard is a skating rink…

So what do kids do? They wouldn’t miss this opportunity to go sledding! On ice!