A few weeks ago I handed in my notice at work. I’ll be at my job in the most beautiful daycare EVER for 2 more weeks. I haven’t learned everything there is to know about being a supervisor, barely scratched the surface. There is no doubt that for the past year I’ve lived a very different experience of childcare, stretching my understanding of what early childhood education can be. Though I struggled in many ways, I feel very fortunate to be part of this centre’s story. In fact, BECAUSE I struggled so much, I feel very fortunate that our paths have crossed.

The parents and my coworkers are very excited about my new academic adventure and understand that I can’t work full-time while I am studying and commuting to Victoria. Needless to say they would prefer to keep me. This morning I talked to a parent at work. He told me that he is friends with a family that knows me from working at Pooh Corner. What a small world. Then he shared another story with me and reminded me that sometimes the stars align for us.

Now I’m sitting at home, reading for school in my comfy chair, trying to trust that the stars will align for me. And so they did: I think I just found myself a new part-time job at a University nearby. I went for this job interview a few weeks ago, didn’t really tell anyone about it, but had such a great time catching up with my old lecturers. I couldn’t be more excited.