Myla Katzav

I am going back to the grind in less than two weeks.  My babies started going to the day care a few days ago.  Changes are happening right before my eyes literally. 

They say it can be overwhelming…well not for me.  I have been praying for this for quite sometime because I feel 110% that it’s the right thing to do.  And I have been preparing my babies big time.  I talk to them a lot about this new happening in our family…about how they will need to go out there and make new friends and not just Aba, Ima and their cousins..and about how much fun they will have playing with other kids, singing, dancing and creating artworks!

Rachel was excellent going back to the Gan (that’s the Hebrew term for day care) and in fact, on our first visit with the intention to check out the place, she asked to be left behind.  She is so ready!  And I am so happy for her.  She already made friends and mostly with the little boys…ooohlala…is this an early warning sign??? Today, I see her sit among the kids to listen to stories from their teacher and it just felt so right.

Ben, oh my Benny-Benny, had a rough time the first day.  So, I called all the angels in heaven to keep an eye on him and to shower him with happy feelings.  He gets better by the day.  His cries are periodical.  I put him only for 2 hours and soon, it will have to be longer until he will be able to make it for 5 hours.

My work runs for half of the day for four days a week.  And it is exactly the kind of job I am familiar with.  English speaking clients in the US and mainly in Asia.

Looking back at the choices I made, its all about giving yourself to that moment in time wholely.  There is a time for having fun with the friends and I did that.  There is a time for loving stupidly and I did that.  There is a time for traveling without fear. There is a time for studying…a time for giving 110% to work, a time for shopping and eating out like crazy…and when motherhood comes in, I believe it is the most important role to give your whole self to without any hesitaion…to give up your worldly pleasures and just be a “Mama”.

High heels were exchanged for slippers and flat shoes, branded sexy clothing for comfortable day-to-day wear, grand and elaborate meal time for simple and healthy ones….movies and night-outs for bathing the kids, putting them to sleep and washing their bottles. Maasages and hours spent in the parlor for household chores.

Someone told me how I seem to have given it all the right way. But I believe, its just a matter of choice…a choice that you have to sit down and spend sometime to create it in your mind and ask yourself how you can make this moment the best that it can be. 

Now I say, look at my modern day miracles...God is always watching and I love Him!