It took me 5 years to get my first degree. I applied for a Case Manager position that I thought I would LOVE. I didn't get it. I took a year off, working at a restaurant, hating my life. I decided to go back to school for another degree. This time hoping that it would all work out.
Thankfully, that degree has, and will continue to, work out! Going back to school, I spent another 2 years in school going after a Human Development and Family Studies degree. I always knew that I wanted to work with kids. And as I got older and saw how many places there are to work with kids, I was feeling overwhelmed. I knew that there was one place that I wanted to look at for my internship. I was there for two days before choosing to go elsewhere. It just wasn't me. It wasn't a good fit. I didn't feel... fulfilled enough.
As I drive to class and work, I hear this ad on the radio. Day after day. On my first day of classes and my internship, I'm sitting on campus calling this place, asking if they do internships. I come in the next day for an interview and was offered the internship. I start the following day.
Since that day, my life has been changed.. Extremely for the better. What started off as an unpaid internship, quickly turned into a paid one. Which quickly turned into more opportunities. Which turned into a job.
Two degrees. Seven years later. Many failed job interviews. And here I am. At a job that I can find purpose in. A job that I can't wait to go to work. A job that I enjoy doing and can see myself doing for years to come.
When I was younger, my parents fostered several children. And ever since then, they have put a bug into my head and my heart that this is exactly what I want to do and be apart of. I always said that I wanted to foster, and then potentially adopt, but I never imagined this is where my life would lead.
Being at my job now has changed my life. For the better. I want to find families their forevers. And I want to help children find their forevers. This is my life. This is happiness. This is what I was meant to do.
