Life or lack thereof

The last few weeks have been full of ups and downs for our little family. We are struggling to decide what to do next year -- or with the rest of our lives. Peter is choosing between another fellowship opportunity and a private practice job. I am debating what to do with my life -- job in academia, industry, or government. Really all depending where I move to, however, it seems like jobs are scarce during this economic times. It really made us re-evaluate our lives. Family vs. career. Unfortunately, for us, they are not mutually exclusive. If anything, they are vital to our happiness in life.

Although, we like to believe family trumps all. But the reality is, our happiness is multi-faceted. After few weeks of discussion, we both feel blessed to have our beautiful babies and family, but we realized that we both need a career to be complete - despite how cute and perfect our boys are.