Better not pout, I'm telling you why...

I went for a run this afternoon, trying to give myself a reason not to be at the library. As the thoughts of school and my looming econ final left my mind, thoughts of my future briefly entered. I became nervous all of a sudden thinking about how I really have no idea what the heck I'm going to do with my majors. I know that a lot of students are unsure of what exactly they will be doing in the upcoming years, but it still makes me nervous...

In an attempt to gain some insight on what I'm going to do with my life...I started to think of things I really enjoy. I know that I can't go wrong if I end up doing something I love. I'll only be in trouble if I find myself a ways down the road in a career I "thought i should do," but never really had a connection to or a passion for.

As my mind wondered I found myself thinking about this past summer...oh how i miss the summer. Yes it was hot, sunny, i had a tan, and i wasn't taking classes, but the reason i miss it is because of my job.

Meet JayVian.

He is 4 years old and he has a twin sister JayLynn. Both are adorable and both are troublemakers. In the picture JayVian was pouting because he got tagged in Duck Duck Goose. He was mad at me because I made him sit in the middle. For nine weeks I had the pleasure of seeing JayVian everyday along with about 120 other awesome kids.

Most of these kids haven't entered school yet and this was their first time interacting with other children. For the summer we taught them games, we taught them crafts, how to wait their turn, how to lose, how to do a slip in slide, how to share, how to say thank you, how to wash a car with finger paint, how to say I'm sorry, how to swim in a pool full of noodles, how to win, how to be really really loud, and how to be very very quite.

Making a difference in a child's life is a pretty amazing thing. In a time when you are so Innocent, the people who surround you help shape who you become. If you will be honest, if you will be caring, if you will be just, if you will have an open heart... I think a lot of that has to do with who you grow up knowing. I know the people in my life since I was born have in so many ways contributed to who i am today.

I have no idea if I made a difference in JayVian's life, his childhood, his summer, his sportsmanship, or even how he played duck duck goose... but i would like to think that maybe I did.

How this ties into my future I have no idea... these thoughts are random and to be continued...like always.