The Decision
Sometime in 2019 my youngest of five kids up and decided to start preschool. It was precipitous for myself and Brett, because we couldn't quite afford private preschool or even public preschool for that matter. However, he had a speech impediment (an adorable one at that), and so we had him tested, and he was enrolled in free public preschool with speech therapy. Half of my stay-at-home mom day was suddenly available. Something I had waited for for 14 years. I could FINALLY go back to college. It was something I had always planned on doing: raise all the babies, get them all in school, and then go back myself. But what did I even want to study? Originally, back in the before-fore times, I was going to school to major in English. This is laughable now considering the direction I ended up taking. I reached out to a friend of mine who is extremely educated, and she gave me some excellent advice. "You know that patriarchal blessing thing you have," she asked, in response t...