I am bursting at the seams with joy for my kid
Apr 11, 2016 2:56:18 GMT
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Post by Deleted on Apr 11, 2016 2:56:18 GMT
My daughter and her fiance have just been offered the most incredible opportunity. Prayers have been answered. Doors have been opened.
They are moving out west this summer so my daughter can pursue her graduate degree in Social Work. Her fiance is also a social worker, having graduated from college 2 years ago. Her fiance was looking for jobs in the area they are moving to and applied for a position that they really thought was never a real possibility but they sent the information along anyway.
Today they got a call to set up an interview for this evening. And after a long interview for the both of them, they were offered the position on the spot. The job is to be "house parents" essentially for troubled teenage girls. Some who might even have children of their own, though those children would not be in the house (these children would be in foster care elsewhere for various reasons, I assume).
This position is tailor-made for my soon to be daughter-in-law. The directors of the expanded program (thus the need for a new set of "parents") understand my daughter will be in graduate school and working an internship program as well. They are excited when they heard my daughter's focus for her graduate program is animal assisted intervention therapies. The idea of this program is to create as close to a "real home environment" as possible, so pets are encouraged!
Financially, it would be huge relief as they wouldn't need to pay for housing, utilities, etc. That's part of their salary. The children are taken on "vacations" that the house parents can either go on as well or take a much needed break. Respite workers will be regularly provided so they can get out to recharge themselves.
While no job is perfect and no situation is perfect, this is truly the best possible thing that could happen to them. My daughter is concerned that it will make for a crazy year even crazier, but I told her that NOW, at their ages, is when you *do* crazy!!!! And her fiance is giving up a lot to follow my daughter 2/3rd's the way across the country to follow her dream. I reminded her that marriage is all about sacrificial love like this. It also fits in their future goals of being foster parents themselves. They've even had conversations about building such a home themselves one day.
I've always been terribly proud of this kid. She's just amazing. And she's chose an amazing partner. The two of them are going to do great things together.
They are moving out west this summer so my daughter can pursue her graduate degree in Social Work. Her fiance is also a social worker, having graduated from college 2 years ago. Her fiance was looking for jobs in the area they are moving to and applied for a position that they really thought was never a real possibility but they sent the information along anyway.
Today they got a call to set up an interview for this evening. And after a long interview for the both of them, they were offered the position on the spot. The job is to be "house parents" essentially for troubled teenage girls. Some who might even have children of their own, though those children would not be in the house (these children would be in foster care elsewhere for various reasons, I assume).
This position is tailor-made for my soon to be daughter-in-law. The directors of the expanded program (thus the need for a new set of "parents") understand my daughter will be in graduate school and working an internship program as well. They are excited when they heard my daughter's focus for her graduate program is animal assisted intervention therapies. The idea of this program is to create as close to a "real home environment" as possible, so pets are encouraged!
Financially, it would be huge relief as they wouldn't need to pay for housing, utilities, etc. That's part of their salary. The children are taken on "vacations" that the house parents can either go on as well or take a much needed break. Respite workers will be regularly provided so they can get out to recharge themselves.
While no job is perfect and no situation is perfect, this is truly the best possible thing that could happen to them. My daughter is concerned that it will make for a crazy year even crazier, but I told her that NOW, at their ages, is when you *do* crazy!!!! And her fiance is giving up a lot to follow my daughter 2/3rd's the way across the country to follow her dream. I reminded her that marriage is all about sacrificial love like this. It also fits in their future goals of being foster parents themselves. They've even had conversations about building such a home themselves one day.
I've always been terribly proud of this kid. She's just amazing. And she's chose an amazing partner. The two of them are going to do great things together.
