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Sometimes even when you're running out of hope, feelings of emptiness begin to set in, and you have way too much time on your hands to think of crazy ideas, an unlikely dream ends up becoming a reality. Here is the beginning of just that.


Let me tell you how I got to this point.....
Imagine having your dream teaching job, in a place where everyone is "family", everyone supports one another and not only are the teachers, parents and children amazing, but so is the space!
Filled with endless possibilities of playtime, imagination, fun, laughter and learning. A place where I as a teacher also grew to learn so many things that I hold close to my heart.
Well I had this. 
ALL of it.
Until one sad day POOF!
It was gone. 
The wonderful, enchanting and "nothing quite like it" John Hancock Child Care Center was a thing of past days.
Days filled with children laughing, learning, creating and flourishing. GONE.


The amazing teachers laid off, the beautiful children enrolled elsewhere and the space, toys, and environment no longer my playground! 
What to do? What to do? What to do?


I spent many days sad, hurt and asking if it was truly gone. I'll even admit, to this day I still have a hard time knowing what once was, is no longer. But I continued to hold out hope...


I searched endlessly for jobs that were the right fit, toured every center I could get my hands on, posted resumes left and right. Yes, I was getting job offers. Plenty of them. But every time I set a foot in the door something in me said "turn back, turn back". Nothing filled me with the joy, happiness and excitement I had once held in my heart.


Over the past few months I've had plenty of time to sit with my thoughts. I still felt empty, sad and unsure of my future. But why? I still got to see those families and children I loved from my class. The wonderful co-teachers I worked with were still a huge part of my life. We still got to visit, talk and see each other.  Still something HUGE was missing in my life, I could feel the hole of emptiness.


 "WHAT is it!??" I kept asking myself. Then it hit me.......THE SPACE! THE ENVIRONMENT! 


ALL children should feel as those students did. ALL children deserve a space filled with beauty, happiness, organization, creativity and most of all a place to be themselves. Then it hit me.

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