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Several years ago when Brinley would search her name on the internet, a silly picture of her dressed up for nerd day at theater camp would pop up.  

July 2012 with her cousin Stevie

She was not a fan.  Parker didn't mind what popped up for him.  I think it was a sports post from his elementary days.  I don't know why out of the hundreds of entries and pictures those two posts would be what showed when they googled their names.  Well, eventually, for other reasons, I ended up changing the blog to private so it would not be as available online for random people to read.  

Yesterday, I changed the settings on the blog back to searchable, and I went to see if it would pop up when I googled my name.  The blog did not, but these two things did: an old resume and my Pinterest account.  I think they are kind of fun.

The resume.  I was asked by Coach Nieman, the kids' elementary coach who had since taken a district position, to participate in the SHAC Committee.  It is a health committee in our school district that is made up of all sorts of ECISD administration, a couple of community members and a couple of parents and focusses on the health and well being of the students.

I remember being in the thick of parenting with four kiddos (10, 12, 14 & 16) at three different schools.  We were involved in things like early morning seminary, choir, football, basketball, advanced classes, dance, gymnastics and who knows what else.   He wanted me to send a resume to apply.  A resume!  What?  I couldn't even fathom what I would put on that resume.  

Well, I missed the first years application deadline due to the craziness of all things back to school, watching my sister's children while she went out of town, church responsibilities and a waive of sickness spread through our group.  No time to even think of coming up with a resume.

He reached out again the next year.  I applied and was voted into the group.  I was part of SHAC for two years, and it was a good experience.  It was helpful for me to see how much the administration cared for the students.  It was nice to have a voice in the students' wellness.  Each meeting had a different focus and two things I remember going over that stood out to me were those struggling with gender identity issues and finding a place were they felt safe on their campuses and gun safety.  We, as a committee, made a huge impact by presenting to the board the issue with our campus police officers having a different radio system that was not compatible with the Odessa Police Department.  A large portion of money was approved to purchase new radios for each our school officers, and I felt that was a big step in addressing the future safety of our students, teachers and staff.

Well, back the the resume...  Apparently Coach Neiman used an online platform for his meetings and this was uploaded, so that is why it popped up last night when I googled my name.  I remember sweating bullets in putting this together.  What would I, as a mother and homemaker, put on this resume?  

It's kind of blurry but under homemaker I listed 

• provide love and direction to children in the home 
• prepare nutritional meals regularly 
• available each afternoon to listen to children's day and help with homework as needed 
• in charge of coordinating carpools, assigning chores, and trying to keep chaos to a minimum.

Reading it today makes my heart happy.  What a life resume!  I'm very grateful to Brian for always working hard to provide so I could be home during our children's growing up years.

The other thing that popped up on google when I searched my name was my Pinterest.  I am cracking up because those who know me know I love dessert, and apparently it's evident to anyone who does not know me.

I have been amazingly good at avoiding sugar for the past 6 weeks, so maybe there is hope for my personal health and well being on the horizon.