Almost there

Well.. You know the summer is coming to an end when summer staff start leaving. 3 have left now. More to leave within the next week. I leave on the 20th. I'm very excited to go home and get into a somewhat normal schedule if I can. But yet I am going to miss being here and all my friends here and my totally messed up schedule of staying up till 6am....sleeping till 3pm...going to work all afternoon...staying up till 6am....sleeping till 3pm...going to work all afternoon...and so on! Those are the days of the Findley Center! It's such a wasted day but yet we have great times here!! SO many memories!! The lessons I've learned here will be with me always. God has been so real to me this summer. He has been showing me how selfish I am and has been teaching me to put others first but most importantly Him first. Its been hard...and frustrating...but very good. This job is definitely a job of putting others first. Sometimes I just want to blow up at the residents and tell them to wait for what they want because I'm doing something I want to be doing or because I just simply don't feel like doing something for them because I'm too lazy. It often makes me think of my parents. Parents actually do have a hard job of parenting! And being in charge of people... helps me to see that when my parents did say no, it wasn't just because they wanted to see me get mad or that they enjoyed the pleasure of not letting me do something they knew I wanted to do, they actually had reasons that I may not have understood at the time. It's so weird! Yes, sometimes I feel like a parent with my residents! My parents are awesome!! Pretty sure I've taken them for granted!! Thank you mom and dad for all you've done for me and for not being afraid to say no! I love you guys!!This picture just cracks me up!! This is one of my ladies... Ruth!