The Hours That Pass

It used to never bother me that people would call a nanny a babysitter. But, after working as a nanny for a few years, that has changed. Nannies are very different than sitters. Sitters may have a relationship with the family, but the connection is not the same. Nannies don't just have a connection with the family, they have to become family. They don't just know the kids, they know the family. Sitters come and play with the kids for a few hours here and there. Nannies are there anywhere from once a week, to living in the home all hours of a week. And, just like moms, even after they leave, the kids are still always on their minds. They worry about whether they handled a situation properly with the kids. They think about what they can do with the kids the next day they are with them. They wonder what they could have done better, and they think about how they can do better next time. A babysitter is temporary. A nanny is there to be a mom's hands, feet and heart whil

Don't let this headline fool you. Yes, I do care about what is happening down there. However, I have not personally seen with my own eyes what is happening, and I refuse to blindly believe what I'm being told by the media. So, I don't know how bad the situation may or may not be. Whatever it is, I do believe that families are being separated (whether there may be cause or not is not my point).  That simple fact breaks my heart. Now, onto why we shouldn't be worrying about this. We too often focus on what the media (social or “news”) has to say, and we jump to our agendas and worry about this and that, and then when that slowly dies down, we jump onto the next thing. Never having made any REAL difference. Sometimes they change a law, or pass a bill, but 9/10 of the time, that never really changes anything other than our own feelings like we ‘helped’. The fact is it's never going to change, that is, unless we change. We can't keep worrying about what is

   Many of you might have read this title and gone, "I never knew there was anything wrong with that." The truth is, before being married, neither did I. No, I never really asked that question before, unless it was one of my close friends, but the truth is that I thought it all the time. "Oh, they've been married for 6 months, I wonder if she is pregnant yet?"    Growing up in the Christian culture, and more so in the home-school culture, it's almost expected that you get married young and have kids right off. If you don't do that, then you are the odd one out. I cannot tell you how many of my friends got married at 19 and had a honeymoon baby. Or, maybe they got married right after college and waited 6 months before getting pregnant. Either way, when I was younger, the couples who got married at 23 and waited 4 years before having kids seemed odd. The truth is, I nenver realized how many people asked young couples, "when are you were having kid