THE FIRST POST

So, now that I have finally decided to start a blog how do I begin? I have so much that I want to blog about. I guess the first step would be to discuss myself. I am a director of a daycare center and have been there since January 1991. There was a time that I really thought I was burned out and wanted to do something different, but I unfortunately am a creature of habit. I think it is too comfortable to really change careers. I think at some point I really need to take that plunge and it would not be to child care, although I really do enjoy children. I also am very good with dealing with them, I would say it is my forte. I have actually devoted most of my life to working with young children. I started babysitting around 11 years old and still at it at 41. My first job (besides babysitting) was working at a daycare center. I have worked at only 3 other centers since that first job. I was also a nanny for 2 1/2 years in Connecticut to a wonderful family. I was really very lucky as a lot of my nanny friends did not have such great families they worked for. I was able to go into New York City almost every weekend. If I could return to one place it really would be NYC. I am not sure I would live there or raise a family there, but man it is a hopping fun place. I came back to Kansas to finish my degree in Early Childhood.

I love feeling like I am loved and needed, which is why I believe childcare is good for me. I am now finding myself questioning whether I need to move on. I would really miss walking into the center and being surrounded by little faces that are hugging me and really happy to see me. What other job could I go to and get hugs and high fives all day long?

I have always had a knack of finding children who need extra special love. I would always be dragging home stray children, thank God my family was very accepting of this. Most were from single parent households where their parent had to work at least two jobs to make a financial difference in their life. For years I had caseworkers say what a wonderful foster parent I would make and to please sign up to take the classes. Which is how ultimately I ended up being a foster parent and later an adoptive parent.

I assume as this blog actually unfolds there will be many in depth thoughts and posts about the things that happened in between.