Future

Tomorrow will be the start of my sixth week at Building Healthy Families. Time has flown by.  I have been a part of so many learning opportunities.  We have had intense and sad days, and we have had amazing happy days. 

So many of the issues I have talked about in previous Human Development classes did not seem real or possible.  However, now I know that those situations are real...and that people really do need people like us at Building Healthy Families in order to survive.  The day that I realized this, it hit me hard.  I could not believe it, and I broke down.  I can even imagine being at a point like that in my life, where the only person I can turn to is a stranger or someone I've just met.  But, I am so glad that we are there for the people in that situation...because without us, it is hard to say where they would be. 

I'm thankful for the lessons I am learning.  It is these interesting and intense cases that make the social services field such a invaluable one.  I hope that as a future professional in the field of social services, prevention and community education, I will remember these intense days at Building Healthy Families and better know how to organize a community to help all those in need and prevent future harm and worry.  It's a big hope, but I know that I am walking in the right direction.