Crossroads
renee82, Apr 5, 2010
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The phone call came on January 31st, 2008. The day after my 27th birthday. I was offered an interview for a temporary part-time position at North Bay General, the hospital in my hometown. I couldnt believe the words coming out of the telephone receiver. Seriously? Right now? Wed already gotten used to the idea that we probably would not have any chances to move back home for years. But here I was, preparing for an interview for the following week. We had so many reservations. The first one was that the job was temporary, and part-time. I was used to working full time and had almost 5
years worth of seniority and accumulated vacation, benefits and all the bells and whistles that came with a full time position. Could I give all of that up for a part-time job and a temporary one at that? As we talked about it, we knew that the part-time job was the only way to at least get my foot in the door. Being temporary was another cause for concern. Could we deal with possibly not having a job after my 6 months were up? Did I really want to take that chance? he other dilemma, and the one that broke my heart the most was the fact that Mathieu was only 5 months old at the time. I was on maternity leave and had no intention of going back to work early. I really didnt want to leave my baby or
have to stop breastfeeding. But surely, Adrien would take the rest of my maternity leave and go back to work in September when I was originally supposed to. We were facing so many tough decisions. Do we stay in Oshawa with our job security or do we move back home to our families even with many uncertainties and possibly difficult and trying times ahead? We were definitely at a crossroad. The decision we would make would affect the rest of our lives. We didnt know if an opportunity like this would ever present itself ever again. We were so afraid. After all, we now had a family to think of. Our children are everything to us. But the long trips that lasted upwards of 4 hours so that we could visit our families was getting long and really wearing on us. Everyone missed us so much as we did them. We wanted our kids to grow up in a French community and be able to live close to their family and be able to spend time with them on a regular basis. This meant so much more to me and it was a sacrifice we were willing to make. My interview went very well as it was pretty much a formality. Adrien and I discussed our options even more after this and knew that we had to take a leap of faith and trust that everything would work out. After all, this is what we always wanted and knew this was best for
our boys as well. When that phone call came I accepted the job offer. We were very excited at this new venture in our lives and had no idea what the future would hold but we trusted that somehow everything would work out.
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