As some of you know, I teach continuing education classes for child care providers through Child Care Resource and Referral. Â My favorite classes are a series called Child Net – a 10 week series that focuses on how to deal with parents and kids, how to layout your home for better usage, activities for kids, health for kids and food for kids. Â The last night is all about taking care of you. Â I love this night. Â It is my favorite of the whole bunch. The premise of the class is to point out to the participants that if we don’t take care of ourselves it really doesn’t matter what we’ve learned because we won’t be able to put what we’ve learned into action. Â This is a very hard concept for childcare providers. Â They are givers and will give and give and give until their well is empty and are actually hurting themselves by giving too much. Â This is true of many community worker jobs as well. Living my day-to-day life, I try to remember that for myself…”If I don’t take care of myself, I can’t put what I learn or want to do into action”. Â I want to grow old in a healthy way, be that of mind, body, or spirit. Â I have found myself saying this many times to my husband: I’ve been trying to be more conscious of growing old gracefully, but with life’s ups and downs it can be hard sometimes, so I am celebrating little things that I am doing. Celebration #1- I had my annual mammogram. Â Yep-annual for me is sometimes 15 months apart rather than yearly but I got it done. Celebration #2- I have gotten back into the habit of eating breakfast.
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I am calling it ” getting older”. This attitude is most important, I think. I try not to think old, but changing. As you said, the best is yet to be ! Don’t weaken !
I am glad you got your mammogram…I will remind you again in 12 months! I think the best IS yet to be!