Urban Poly Princess

As part of Stevens-Henager College's spirit week we had a different theme each day and were asked to wear something appropriate. Monday was hat day, Tuesday team day, Wednesday Aloha day and Today is Stevens-Henager day. Tomorrow is graduation at the tabernacle. I went to it when Colton graduated but the only time I'll go again is when Vai graduates. I already marched for my MLS. I don't intend to do that for the MBA which won't happen until May next year. I have almost a year to change my mind if I feel like doing that. I should celebrate when I finish the MBA but it's not something I feel like I really need to do since it's my second Master's degree. I like how the MBA can supplement my librarian career. I STILL want to finish my degree in broadcast journalism from the University of Utah. I keep stopping that to do other things like library school and then the MBA. STILL free is free and I wouldn't earn an MBA if I had to pay for it myself. I wouldn't take another loan out. I'd still love to go to law school online. Concord University is the only online law school that allows you to sit the bar in California. I just want the degree and understanding that would let me be a law library director. I think my real love however is definitely public which doesn't justify getting a law degree. It's just a doctorate degree and I feel like I need to get one before I die. What I love about public libraries is that you serve the community AND individuals in such a significant way but it DOES NOT involve the amount of involvement social work can require. Working at the Christmas Box House was not a picnic. It wasn't a difficult job AND I just worked the graveyard shift on Friday and Saturday nights BUT dealing with that real life drama and children including infants was depressing. I don't know how anyone does stuff like that full-time can stand it. I was always asked if I wanted to increase my hours and work full time but I never did. I didn't want to get jaded. I didn't want all the things that happened there to even begin to seem normal to me. It was so depressing. Despite that children are resilient. So many children are neglected or mistreated. I was continually shocked to read case files. I remember having to give a little girl a bath once who had the stove rings singed on her butt. She was so tiny and it was so hard to see that AND maintain professionalism, NOT break down or make her feel worse than she already did. Books can offer escape to anyone who. They allow individuals to consider options and possibilities never even considered before. It is important for all ages to learn what amazing things are available through their public library. I remember this one woman I read about in the case files when I worked at the Christmas Box House. She was cited for having a filthy house. She was given a specific date and time to clean. If she didn't meet those requirements her children would be taken from her. She didn't meet the requirements and her kids were removed from their home. It was incredible to me that someone would have the chance to keep their kids and NOT clean their house when they knew exactly when an inspection would happen. A boy was chained in the basement. Parents abused children who came to the Christmas box house. One little boy started to abuse another little girl there before staff had to physically intervene. He was 3? He didn't know any better. BUT an innocent little girl had a little boy begin to sexually abuse her-it doesn't matter whose fault it was or is-what matters is that it happened. Good homes are desperately needed for these children BUT if I had children would I want to take in another one from that type of background that could act out on my kids? NOOO. When I was a mentor with the Asian Association and would take children to different places and engage with them in different activities I used to feel sorry for some of them who didn't have parents with cultural or language understanding to help them navigate school and just the outside world. Later when I worked at the Christmas Box House I realized just how fortunate those kids really were simply to have parents who loved them. Parents who love their children and provide for their basic needs isn't something I ever thought didn't exist EVERYWHERE. I'm glad I'm not naive. I like that I was exposed to such a wide variety of people. I've just been blessed so much. I'm so grateful for what I have. I love my heavenly father so much. I am impatient and witchy but heavenly father still sees fit to bless me despite my many shortcomings.