How Working in Childcare Helped to Change My Life By Ashley Howard I have always put all of myself into everything that I do. Unfortunately, this was not true for about five years after high school when I moved to North Carolina and somehow lost my way in life. Throughout my stay in North Carolina, I had been going down a dead-end road to nowhere. Three years later, I left North Carolina and moved back to San Antonio, hoping for a life with more opportunities. Even after being back in San Antonio for two years, I still did not have much to show for my efforts. Working in child care changed my life, and helped put together the decisions I made after starting. My life started to change after I received a phone call from the Director of Religious Education at the church my mother attends. This was also the church I used to attend when I was younger. She proceeded to tell me about an open position in the church nursery. I quickly jumped on this excellent opportunity and began to look forward to working with this group of infant and toddlers. I found that I enjoyed being around little ones, but I had in no way ever been responsible for eight or more toddlers at once. I had to wait a couple of weeks before I started the job at the church. During this time, I remember feeling even more nervous than a kid on the first day of high school. I had no idea what to expect. In a way, I did not know how much this opportunity would change my life forever. The Sunday I was cleared to start work finally came; I woke up
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