All The Sacrifices...

Dear Gabriel,

Today when I was throwing you up and down I thought, "All the sacrifices I am going through to be home with you is totally worth it." There are times when I think that there are so many jobs I could get, so many adventures I could still be having, so many things I could still be doing away from home... but then all I have to do is look at you with your smile and I think, "All the sacrifices I am going through to be home with you is totally worth it."

Everyone is in a different circumstance, but I am so grateful to choose to be home with you. We are very tight with money, and I could go and find a job that would pay me a lot of money. There are many places we could move where I could get a fantastic job. BUT, that is not the right place for me to be. Brent is working so hard to make sure this joint venture with the greenhouses goes right, and I am having a blast doing project management for some future endeavors (yet to launch...)

All the sacrifices I am making to be with you are worth it. It makes me sick to think of leaving you with someone else who doesn't love you as much as I do. It is hard financially... but is it worth it? Yes. It is hard socially... but is it worth it? Yes. It is hard emotionally... but is it worth it? Yes. All of the sacrifices are worth it. I have never appreciated my mom more than in the last few months and all the sacrifices she went through to be home with us. But was it worth it? Absolutely, resoundingly... YES.

I love you,

Your Mom