What do you mean, you are a stay at home mom... You could be anything?

It is no surprise to most adults that their life has not turned out how they had planned as a teenager. Ten years ago, I would have been shocked to learn where I would end up. When I was a senior in high school, I was ambitious to say the least. I choose an expensive and prestigious college with a major in political science. I wanted to be a senator. I left for college without any doubts of my impending success.

Obviously, I am not a senator. In fact, I am at the complete other end of the spectrum. My days are mostly spent in my pajamas, waiting on my two children. How could my life and goals drastically change in such a short time? Well sometimes in life bad things happen that completely alter and reshape our future. While the event that leads to the changes maybe tragic, the changes themselves can be very positive.

My tragedy was being raped. The details are not important, what is important is that I changed the path I was on. I wanted a life where I was able to have a family and be there for them. I did not want to be the mother of a rapist. I wanted to be there and know my children and I wanted them to know me.

College no longer seemed right for me. It seemed foolish to waste so much time and energy for a career that I knew I would abandon, without hesitation, for the opportunity to be with my children. I returned home with no idea that god had intended me to start my future so soon.

Within months, I met Monte and I was crazy about him. He was not the boy my parents would have picked but he was exactly what I needed. He was manly and rough around the edges but loved me unconditionally. In four months, we were married. We were inseparable and it was no surprise that I was pregnant two weeks after our wedding.

Now seven years have passed and we have two beautiful children, Madilyn Grace age 6 and Mario Goku age 1. Our marriage is still going strong and not a day goes by that I am not grateful for the life god has given me. I have everything I never knew I always wanted.

My days are spent mostly in pajamas cooking, cleaning and helping with homework. I watch Cars and Scooby doo rather than adult shows. I make homemade dinners from scratch. I also have learned that I am quite creative. In what little spare time I do have, I write. It is my one escape.

So that is the basic rundown of who I am…