Life is so beautiful, one minute your planning your future, and the next a new opportunity presents itself, and you would be such a fool to say no.
In a little over 5 weeks I will be getting on a plane to start my new adventure. I cannot contain my excitement- I am actually loosing sleep because of it. It is dreadful and wonderful at the same time.The question I have been asked the most over the last few weeks after making my decision to be an Au-pair in America is "Why?".
My answer hasn't been the same once, As in life, you connect differently to different people - your friend might not understand the same way your sibling does. And - I have been receiving so many different responses that each time, I answer the way people would want me to answer.
I actually sat down and thought about my answer, the answer I want to give myself when I am daydreaming and fussing about my life choices.
I love children, I always have, not the teeny tiny ones that cry often (even though they are adorable! :D), but the ones who have reached the ages of being adventurous, and who are discovering the world through their beautiful eyes, the eyes that pass no judgement based on social status, or skin color, or disabilities or differences. The eyes that create their own identity and whose spirits ooze of positivity and love for life. So obviously the Au-pair part was a no brainer.
Also, please don't misunderstand what I am saying. I know the hard work and challenges that comes with working with children. (I have been teaching high school for two years.) But all in all, I would take a hiking trip, or impromptu treasure hunt, helping with homework, crying and emotional roller coasters or even a 15 minute mood swing above an office job ANY DAY. Children seem to bring out the best person in me. I am more fun, more patient, more caring and more 'me' when they are around. Children don't care about how many hours I've put in in the gym to fit in my fancy jeans, they don't care about how much I earn or what I can include in their life to make it better.
They care that I love them, and that I focus my attention on them, in that moment and that my heart is honest and caring toward them .
"Okay Vee, you want to work with children, I get it. But why in a different country?"
I want the experience, I want to experience a different culture and learn about new things, I want to experience the challenges so I can face them and come out stronger. I want to experience the world out there even if it is just another small part. I want to experience new, and creative ideas that I come up with on my own. I want to be independent and solve issues on my own. I want to experience what it is like to be new somewhere, where no one has pre-set ideas about who I am or who I am supposed to be.
I am so thrilled and honored that a beautiful family with two awesome children chose me, and I cannot wait to meet them,
I am now starting o understand my journey and what God has planned for me,
as Bethel says in one of my favorite songs,
'You wont lead me where You don't go.'
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