Saying No.
Good morning! Boy is it hard to say no when you want to say yes because you have such a giving heart! God blessed me to be a server or many so it is so hard to not be able to help. I used to work for a school that I thought I was family. Then our son came and they made me choose to put him in child care at 14 days old or loose my job…well I chose our baby boy! We had just gotten home after being in the hospital for 5 days and he was still struggling with breathing issues. There was no way I was letting someone else care for him at such a young age and with the struggles he was having.
Well fast forward 7 months and the Bus yard manager keeps reaching out to see if I would like to come back and just work for him sub driving once in a while. Y’all it is a 35 minute drive one way then I would drive 30-1 hr and then the 35 min home. With that being said, he is the ONLY one who stayed in touch and cared for us and the baby…so telling him no was so hard :(. However it is hard with gas prices being the way they are to make the drive, much less helping a place that kicked us to the curb :( I miss driving bus ( most days) but we just can’t justify the drive for what they would pay.
Ohh and to top it off… I now have to drive to and from the Physical Therapist 30 min away twice a week for leg issues, so I am even having to say no to other things I used to do with the baby. I am a consultant with Pampered Chef and I LOVE hosting parties and having a blast! That is just growing and so I know things will be changing soon and I will be able to say Yes a bit more. We only get one life so I would like to say yes to as much as I’m able to what is serving my family and others ❤️
Why is saying no so hard to do when you know you just can’t say yes? What are your thoughts? What have you had to say no to recently?












