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<blockquote data-quote="ColleenB" data-source="post: 725963" data-attributes="member: 19887"><p>LBL, </p><p></p><p>If you would like to volunteer in a school setting they are always looking for people to read with kids or run a club! We have volunteers who come in once a week and read, and the kids love it, it’s usually a one on one thing and you really get to know your student. Lots of cuddles and love from little ones. </p><p></p><p>I know for me my job has been my salvation these last five years. The love I get from my students has been a healing balm to my broken heart. I honestly credit my students with saving me. I want to be well to help them and be the person they see in me. Some days I would cry all the way to work (this is when I commuted almost an hour) and my time at school helped me mentally face each day, sometimes crying again on the way home too. I don’t know how I found the strength to keep working some days.... but my students were my saving grace. </p><p></p><p>Sometimes I think my journey has made me so much more empathetic to my parents I work with also. I am so much less judgemental than I used to be. I think I am better at helping my teachers see most parents do their best and sometimes the child still struggles. It isn’t always the parents fault as sometimes teachers can assume. I know in some meetings I have had parents just break down sobbing when I have told them not to beat themselves up... and that I have had struggles myself with my children. I know they feel so judged and as if they have caused all the issues by something they did or didn’t do. I’m so glad I can have an impact on helping them feel supported and accepted. I absolutely feel a calling to my work with those children and parents who are our most vulnerable. I feel this has saved my sanity. </p><p></p><p>I’m so glad you are trying a new job... this may be just what you need to start healing and finding your own peace. </p><p></p><p>Hugs dear friend....</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="ColleenB, post: 725963, member: 19887"] LBL, If you would like to volunteer in a school setting they are always looking for people to read with kids or run a club! We have volunteers who come in once a week and read, and the kids love it, it’s usually a one on one thing and you really get to know your student. Lots of cuddles and love from little ones. I know for me my job has been my salvation these last five years. The love I get from my students has been a healing balm to my broken heart. I honestly credit my students with saving me. I want to be well to help them and be the person they see in me. Some days I would cry all the way to work (this is when I commuted almost an hour) and my time at school helped me mentally face each day, sometimes crying again on the way home too. I don’t know how I found the strength to keep working some days.... but my students were my saving grace. Sometimes I think my journey has made me so much more empathetic to my parents I work with also. I am so much less judgemental than I used to be. I think I am better at helping my teachers see most parents do their best and sometimes the child still struggles. It isn’t always the parents fault as sometimes teachers can assume. I know in some meetings I have had parents just break down sobbing when I have told them not to beat themselves up... and that I have had struggles myself with my children. I know they feel so judged and as if they have caused all the issues by something they did or didn’t do. I’m so glad I can have an impact on helping them feel supported and accepted. I absolutely feel a calling to my work with those children and parents who are our most vulnerable. I feel this has saved my sanity. I’m so glad you are trying a new job... this may be just what you need to start healing and finding your own peace. Hugs dear friend.... [/QUOTE]
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