I just wanted to share.
I have two girls in particular who have told me (and/or other houseparents) that I am their role model.
One of them y'all (9th grader), she SO wants to be Ms. Ideal08!! She has even started to wear her hair in a puff like mine! I taught her how to do it.
After I had my hair 2-strand twisted, she got hers twisted, too. I love that little girl.
But I think she wants to talk to me about sex today, and I really am not ready for that. I guess I better buck up.
Then another girl (10th grader) came up to me out of the blue one day and said, "Ms. Ideal08, you're my role model." It touched my heart! Then today she told me, "I'm gonna get a tongue piercing just like you!" I said, "18!!! When you are 18!!!"
So I guess it took a while. This job makes me feel so
grown, lol. I feel like I have arrived.
And it makes me sad, because I'm still trying to find another job. I wish I could leave and take the girls with me. Constant conflicting feelings.
Do any of y'all mentor children on a volunteer basis?