When I grow up.....

Do you ever have one of those days (or a whole week) where everything seems to go wrong at work? The type of work that I do is difficult anyway. It's challenging, cumbersome, and draining. I am usually upbeat and friendly. In this job - a lot of people do not like you. That's a hard thing for me to deal with. I need to be liked! I had a bad week last week...Thank goodness for my husband, Daniel, and for my family who helped to distract me. I started thinking that maybe I went to school for the wrong thing, and that maybe I shouldn't be doing what I do.

And then...a glimmer of hope. When you see people make positive changes on their own . When people thank you for being involved in their life. When you prevent someone from becoming homeless. When you can go to sleep knowing that a family is safe. Then I realize the upside of the job - it's amazing, rewarding, and humbling.

I love my job...and I plan to be there for a while. There are definitely ups and downs. I don't think I can do it forever. It takes a special person to do that. I think I am eventually supposed to do something else - I just have a "feeling." I think I will still do social work - and still work with children and families. I just feel like it will be in a different capacity.

I wonder what I will be when I grow up....