I just found what I want to do when I grow up. I was home sick from exhaustion yesterday and slept 'til 10:45am. I then lay in bed watching Lifetime Movie Network. Most movies were light & fluffy but one was a true story about a couple of actresses that started a program and home for abused children (http://www.childhelp.org/). The home was a small farm where the kids could participate in art therapy, work in a garden or care for animals. I would love to be involved in something like that. It appears Colorado has the closest chapter and the farms are in California and Virginia. So this dream will not come to fruition in the near future.
Why does this appeal to me? For many reasons. I long to be doing something that makes a real difference. I tried working with abused children in the past but was unable to handle the horrifying stories of their lives. This seems different because you are giving them healthy outlets for their pain, fear and frustrations. I'm good with animals. I've worked with dog rescue and ran a small pig farm with goats, rabbits, calves, chickens, ducks and fish. As a child I saved all my quarters until I had $5 to rent a horse for a one hour ride.
I love art and I've done my share of dabbling in the garden. Animals, art and the earth have been essential to my healing and health. So many people have helped me along the way. I would love to pay it forward and assist children or women in their own healing. I'm not a therapist or an expert in much of anything but I've learned tolerance and love for people of all kinds. I've learned through my own struggles for self improvement to be patient with others imperfections. My philosophy is that we are all broken in one way or another. So we need to be kind and work to edify each other. I have a gift for empathy and an ability to read people's emotions. Would that be enough? Is there a need for a 55 year old woman with empty pockets but with a big heart?
Why does this appeal to me? For many reasons. I long to be doing something that makes a real difference. I tried working with abused children in the past but was unable to handle the horrifying stories of their lives. This seems different because you are giving them healthy outlets for their pain, fear and frustrations. I'm good with animals. I've worked with dog rescue and ran a small pig farm with goats, rabbits, calves, chickens, ducks and fish. As a child I saved all my quarters until I had $5 to rent a horse for a one hour ride.
I love art and I've done my share of dabbling in the garden. Animals, art and the earth have been essential to my healing and health. So many people have helped me along the way. I would love to pay it forward and assist children or women in their own healing. I'm not a therapist or an expert in much of anything but I've learned tolerance and love for people of all kinds. I've learned through my own struggles for self improvement to be patient with others imperfections. My philosophy is that we are all broken in one way or another. So we need to be kind and work to edify each other. I have a gift for empathy and an ability to read people's emotions. Would that be enough? Is there a need for a 55 year old woman with empty pockets but with a big heart?
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