Dreams

As a little girl, I dreamed of becoming a doctor or nurse when I grew up. I love the role of helping others and I think this was my fascination. When I was very young I become a mother. After my child vomited on me I realized that the medical field was not in the card for me at that time. Years went by and I decided that I wanted to do physical therapy, again the appeal of helping others was so memorizing. Unfortunately, the closest school is three hours away. So, I decided "OK maybe helping others is not in the cards". I decided I would be a Health Care Administrator and just be behind the lines doing paperwork. Somehow my schedule/course was messed up and I was already five classes in before I realized what the heck was going on. I was enrolled in the Health and Human Resources program. In all honesty, I believe this is where my calling is. I will be able to help others just in a different way. I dream of working on the reservation while going back to school to finish my masters' degree. I long to be a Mental Health Counselor. I believe that one person can definitely make a difference in another persons' life. Even though I have not always enjoyed my experience here at our current duty station, I know that life has meaning. There was a reason why "we" needed to be here. I needed to be here in order to realize how important life is. I needed to be here to realize how important friendship is. And, I needed to be here to realize just how important my education was. I know that I have a long road ahead of me, but I really do look forward to the journey.