Precious People

As the Director of the Shepherd's Center, I am in awe at how my feelings about my job have evolved. A job's a job - right? No, my job is a blessing. I have loved many things that I have done through the years, and have felt that I was pretty good at each of those jobs, but this is the first time that I can say that I LOVE the people that I serve. Today I wrestled with the decision about cancelling programs tomorrow due to bad weather, but the bottom line was that I had to base my decision on what I felt was best for members. If any of them slipped, fell or were involved in an accident because I had neglected to cancel, it would have killed me. I digressed and started thinking about what I would do without this or that person when it struck me just how cohesive these members have become over the past couple of years and how each volunteer has pulled together with others to strengthen our program. When I was hired I had hoped that I would make a positive impact on this organization. Little did I know what an impact all of them would have on me.