Work

If you were to ask me a month ago where my career was heading, I would not have hesitated to say, “I plan on sticking around the YMCA for a while, hoping to be a full time director soon.”  So naturally a couple weeks ago when I heard a youth director position at my branch was opening I got really excited.  I was even more excited since the opening was Jim’s, the director I had worked for for the past two years, and I had worked in all the programs he oversaw.  I was hoping that this would finally be my shot I had been waiting for. [Read more…] about Life Doesn’t Have Dead Ends

Today is day 180 of the school year, the last day of the year.  It is the day that everyone has been counting down to.  Next week there will be no more early arrivals, no more after school.  Instead we will be heading full steam in to summer camp.  Today is the last day youth staff at the Y will wear the red staff shirts.  Next Monday with the start of summer camp we make the switch to the new blue shirts.  It is crazy to think that 180 days have already gone by. [Read more…] about 180 Days

This week I have started a new job.  My good friend Jim’s grandfather is not doing so well.  He is suffering from Alzheimer’s, among other issues with getting old.  His grandmother needs help taking care of him at night.  Jim, his brother, and I have started a rotation to help.  For a week at a time, one of us will stay the night at their house.  We help walk grandpa from his bed to the bathroom throughout the night. [Read more…] about Selfish Sacrifice