So, as many of you have probably read on my facebook page...I have joined Thirty-One. I am super excited about this new little "business" in my life. After talking with Summer (my team director), and when I say talking to...I mean I probably drove her crazy with all of my questions before officially signing up. I wanted to make sure I was doing the right thing and I am a planner...probably too much of a planner! I have prayed about it, researched it, talked with others who either have done it or who have purchased their products in the past, and I have probably driven Josh crazy by talking about all of the things on my mind about it. He is the best husband though...he listened to my fears about failing at it, talked to me about my reasons for wanting to do it and just encouraged me along the way without making the decision for me...I am married to a wonderful man!!!
Let me first start by saying, I never would have imagined I would sign up for this (or any other consultant position). I just would have always made the excuse that I don't love talking in front of people or that I didn't have the time. I think I have come to a point in my life that I need something like this. I LOVE my life!! I am a very BLESSED woman.....way more blessed than I deserve to be! I have done a lot of reflecting on my life lately...the person I have become. As many of you know, Josh and I experienced two miscarriages in 2011. They were harder on me than I would have ever imagined a miscarriage could be! I have learned that you don't take a life for granted...and I am forever grateful for the Lord blessing us with Josiah 3 years ago! I realize now that getting pregnant and keeping a pregnancy isn't as easy for some...even though it was easy the first time...it hasn't been since. I haven't been dwelling over it, but it is something I think about often!!! I am grateful to the Lord for these times because I have definitely grown as a person and I pray that it has made me a better wife and mother. I know that I can sympathize so much more now with those that experience loss!!!
The Thirty-One company is a Christian based business...that I love first of all! It is based on the Proverbs 31 wife...and I have read that chapter in Proverbs so many times and think to myself.. "wow, I have a long way to go to be a Proverbs 31 woman!" I feel as though if you don't think that about yourself maybe you have some more examining to do! I don't look at that chapter and think.."Man, I will never live up to that." Instead, I think..."wow...thank you, Lord, for giving me a guideline written right there in the Bible on how to be a wife and a mother." So, in my daily life that is what my goal is...to be a woman/wife/mother like the one found in Proverbs. My relationship with the Lord comes first and then Josh and Josiah!!! I will never be the wife and mother that I am called to be if I don't put the Lord first...but then I will also never be the wife and mother I am supposed to be if I don't take care of myself as well!! This is my WHY...Thirty-One wants to know your "Why Story." Why would you want to be apart of this company...I want to do it because I feel like right now in my life I need something for me. That sounds completely selfish and I am not meaning it in a selfish way at all!! I feel like maybe I need a way of getting my mind off of the losses we experienced last year (not to forget about them completely), but maybe to be able to link up and start relationships with other mothers who have gone through similar situations. Maybe I can be an encouragement to them and them to me! Another reason is because I think it is important for Josh and Josiah to have father/son time. Because I stay at home with him, Josh is very rarely alone with him. It just works out that way...Josh works long days and when he gets home we have our normal night schedule of dinner, bath and bed all within an hour or 2 of him getting home. Then on the weekends, we love doing things as a family, so they rarely get one on one time...and I know how important that is for them (especially now that Josiah is getting older...he craves and longs for man time with his daddy). With me leading a party a couple of times a month he will get that time...without me (the hovering mom, telling them to be gentle while wrestling...lol). Also, with moving to NY it will give me a great opportunity to meet other woman and make growing relationships with people that I may not have met without Thirty-One. Josh will be going to school there, so we both feel as though this would be the perfect time to start...he will have more of a set schedule with classes so I can plan parties when it is most convenient for our family (versus being stressed out making sure he would be home on time for me to leave - which would be the case if he weren't in school). Josh has been 100% supportive in this and I love him for it, because I know for a fact that if he didn't think it was something I should do, he would tell me!!! He is awesome.
These are just a few reasons we decided it would be a great opportunity to join Thirty-One...and what woman doesn't love a great, new bag? I know I do!! I have always loved bags!!!
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