A new Job

If you had told me 5 years ago that I would be working for a Christian media company I would have not believed it.  I really enjoy being a stay at home mum but I did miss being in an "adult" environment.  

I studied Law at university and worked in a Solicitors office as a Paralegal / Secretary.  I worked full time for nearly 5 years before going it alone and working self employed on a more flexible basis.  The part of my job I liked best was where I would attend Court when a Barrister was representing a client as a solicitors representative.  I would take the notes, explain what was going on to the client, look after witnesses that kind of thing.  It was sometimes difficult as I don't drive and used to travel all over Kent and into London but it was very interesting.  I worked mainly on cases involving children in care but also some criminal / matrimonial cases too.  I also used to do some office work for the last firm I worked for when they needed someone for holiday or sick cover. 

However this kind of work is not really compatible with a young family so I gave it up just before William was born.  

I did do a bit of work after that and for a while worked one day a week in an office but when Andrew came along I had all the stress of him going through surgery etc work was the furthest thing from my mind.  

A very good friend of mine told me that at the place she worked they were looking for someone to do one day a week from 10am to 4pm.  She said it was a hard position to fill as most people wanted more hours.  Well this suited me well.  William was at full time school and Andrew was at nursery from 9am to 4:30pm on the day they were offering so it worked out perfectly.  

I was so nervous when I went for the interview.  It's hard to explain but it is terrifying going into a new environment when you don't see well.  I remember in my first job I spent the whole day with my legs crossed as I was too nervous to ask where the toilet was.  I am confident in using a computer but have to sit close to the screen to see it clearly as my close up vision is not too bad but anything more then a few inches away starts to get more and more difficult.  

Well I did get the job this was at the end of September 2011.  

I was due to start on the Monday morning.  At Church on the Sunday before I went up for prayer as this was a big step for me starting work after a long break.  It was amazing I was really overcome with emotion and just cried and cried.  Not because I was sad but because I just felt so full with the Holy Spirit.  This was the first time I had experienced this being so full of the spirit that you feel you could burst with it.  It was a much more intense experience then what I had on the bench on the seafront.  I just knew that this job was where I needed to be and I could not wait to get started.