A Passion to Pursue

I have spent quite a bit of time working with children. I love being with kids, interacting with them, teaching them and preparing programs for them. Unfortunately, I did not love trying to recruit volunteers to help. As a result I quickly became worn out with a kind of sour after taste. I guess I would say I was fed up and discouraged. This frustration ended up clouding my vision, masking the passion I still had for working with children.

I haven't done much in the area for a while and rather enjoyed the break. Recently I was asked to do a week long children's program for an up and coming moms & tots camp this summer. When asked, I really struggled with feelings of excitement and anxiety at the same time, making it very hard to decide if I would agree to do it or not.

Finally, after quite a bit of time, I decided I would do the program. Since then I have been running over thoughts and ideas in my mind. I have been deciding on themes and learning songs. While doing my research and planning, the feelings of anxiety have diminished and replaced with total excitement. I realized that this is a passion of mine that I have been hiding and now want to pursue in a more aggressive way.

Part of nuturing my whole being is expanding my mind by wanting to go back to school. I have wanted to do this for a while but was never really sure what I wanted to invest my time or money into. Now, I am pretty sure I know. I am hoping to go back to college to work on my ECE. The thoughts of this thrill me, I just have to work out the financial part.

Here's to the furture!