Memorial Box Monday - Changes

I have been at my current job for almost three years. It has been a challenging three years with lots of learning accomplished. Recently, I was moved to a different position within my company - one I wasn't totally happy with. About a month prior to this move, I had lunch with a former colleague who had recently left to work for another company in our town. She was really excited about her new position and encouraged me to look into applying. At the time, I wasn't that interested. However, when I was moved to my new position at work (one which just didn't fit well in my long term career plan), I thought I'd look.


I know - I must be crazy to be looking for a new job in the middle of a recession in a state that has a 12% unemployment rate and a county with an 11% unemployment rate and facing severe layoffs in the coming months. However, I had a job so I had nothing to lose.


I went to the new company's website and poked around their Careers page. I saw a job posting that looked like it had been written just for me!!! I e-mailed my friend and asked her if she could submit my resume for me since she was an insider - she gladly agreed.


A few weeks later, I got a call about a phone screen. The first interviewer didn't seem to go very well, but the second interviewer seemed much better. I waited.....


It was a few more weeks before I finally got a call for an on-site interview. This went very well also. After a few days, I was made an offer.

Things seemed to be lining up perfectly - except for one little thing: we are in the early stages of an international adoption and I will need at least a month off early next year to travel to bring our son home. Would the new company be willing to work with me?


I woke up early one morning after I got the offer and lay in bed praying for God to show me whether he wanted me to take this new job or not. I got up shortly after that and headed outside for my God time (i.e devotionals). When I got to the sliding door, I saw a butterfly on our pool fence - I had never seen one there before. I wondered why there was a butterfly there. Then it struck me - butterflies are a symbol of metamorphosis - CHANGE.

I knew then I had my answer. I called the new company and asked if they would be willing to work with me for the time off and they agreed - and I accepted the job.


So in my Memorial Box goes a picture of the butterfly that I took that morning.

P.S. For those that remembered I would talk about our Costa Rica trip today - well, since I am leaving my job (working for an airline) we will lose our flight benefits. That's why we took the spontaneous trip to CR last weekend!