Comments on: Pipe dreams

By: islandgrl

islandgrl — Fri, 04 Jul 2008 10:12:48 +0000

Wow, you have some great things in store for you. Wonderful things to look forward to. Good job

By: rubyjean

rubyjean — Sun, 29 Jun 2008 23:25:08 +0000

Lovely plans dear girl. I am sending you encouragement for them and for all good things to fall into place for you and your mom and your brother and his lovely new wife.
You will do well, I believe…
Ruby

By: round

round — Sun, 29 Jun 2008 16:13:17 +0000

Well, changes sure are afoot for you!

I like the idea of the adoption a lot, and I think your plan to “try out” catering as a business opportunity is intriguing.

I guess the others do have a real point about adding more stress to your life. Maybe if you had the kids you’d be really happy to have a job you mastered already and could turn off when the day was done to concentrate on another part of your life?

As a professional woman too I know that it’s hard to stop putting work front-and-center in our lives, but I’ve made the decision to do that in order to have other things in my life - my marriage, (and kids - I hope I hope I hope).

In any event, moving on from this job seems like an EXCELLENT decision, and I’m sure the right “next thing” will appear before too long - either in a form you’re currently thinking about, or in another one.

By: soclose

soclose — Sun, 29 Jun 2008 04:00:21 +0000

Glad to hear you are leaving the stress filled work environment. You are so full of plans and dreams—being with all your family sounds great. If you do adopt, there will be others near to help and support you and I imagine a cousin or two to play with yours from your brother and his new bride in time. But Ini; please be careful that you don’t end up creating a life more stress-filled than the one you are trying to change. Go slowly, sweet Ini.

By: anngirl

anngirl — Sun, 29 Jun 2008 01:30:52 +0000

Looks like major changes are afoot ms. ini - good for you. Sometimes you have to leave a toxic environment in order to grow fresh and revisit yourself.

Take care - the best to you.

By: findingjoy

findingjoy — Sat, 28 Jun 2008 17:03:12 +0000

Hello,
I am so happy to hear that you are pondering adopting children. My husband and I have 4 sons (three of which are adopted). I hope that it goes well for you and you are blessed in this new path in your life.
Have a wonderful weekend.
Joy

By: ellabella

ellabella — Sat, 28 Jun 2008 11:51:42 +0000

Well, dear Ini, I do believe that you’ve made a good decision as far as the job is concerned. Best to put that - and all the accompanying emotional entanglements behind you. Living with your brother and his wife certainly does sound like a situation that would make life a little easier for all of you. I like the catering business idea a great deal. Sounds like something that could definitely work. I can’t help but point out though, that starting up a business - and running one, especially a food service business is extremely labor-intensive. Are you sure you would want to do that plus adopt children, too? Speaking now from my long-ago experience as a social worker, “troubled kids” require much time and energy to raise, and frankly, running a start-up business that would require your mom’s involvement wouldn’t leave anyone to deal with the kid’s day-to-day needs would it? I just would hate for you to be living with a whole lot of stress, trying to do too much at once. Raising “untroubled kids” and working a full-time job can be stressful enough. I’ve certainly been there and done that.
I’m sure you’ll make the right decision when the time comes.
Hugs,
Z