One of The Things Iโm Most Proud Of!
๐ฐ ๐๐๐๐ ๐๐๐๐๐๐๐ ๐ ๐๐๐๐๐ ๐๐๐๐๐๐๐๐๐ ๐๐๐๐๐๐๐ ๐๐๐๐๐๐๐๐.
I was asked some very serious questions, because it is for a management position & Iโd be responsible for developing human beings.
I must admit, Iโm better at writing my answers out & Iโm a lot quicker when Iโm angry & itโs usually jokes.
This was challenging & the interviewer stopped me two separate times because he said I was giving guarded answers & I needed to be more specific.
Shocking isnโt it?
Shocked me!
They were simple questions like what are you most proud of? What was a difficult customer service experience you handled & what was the outcome?
Easy questions right?
I was sitting there not saying or discussing some really HUGE things in my life!
Why?
Because Iโve been conditioned by family & significant others to not take credit for my accomplishments. Simple as that. I was going blank every time I was supposed to give myself kudos & props.
I am proud of so many things!
One of the greatest challenges that I am MOST proud of, & no one else can take credit for, except the little girl that actually HAD โto do the workโโฆ. Is when my daughter Olivia asked me on 2 separate occasions if she was going to die.
I hope you never know EXACTLY what that looks like as a parent. I will never forget it.
I have no doubt if anyone else was on the unit with her, living & breathing 5 feet away from her AT ALL TIMES those daysโฆ.Sheโd be dead, & not be alive right now. I donโt doubt it, like I donโt doubt gravity.
๐ ๐ญ๐จ๐ฅ๐ ๐ก๐๐ซ โ๐๐จ. ๐๐จ๐ฎโ๐ซ๐ ๐ง๐จ๐ญ ๐ ๐จ๐ข๐ง๐ ๐ญ๐จ ๐๐ฎ@๐ค๐ข๐ง๐ ๐๐ข๐! ๐๐จ ๐จ๐ง๐ ๐ข๐ฌ ๐๐ฒ๐ข๐ง๐ ๐ญ๐จ๐๐๐ฒ! ๐ ๐ฐ๐จ๐งโ๐ญ ๐๐ฅ๐ฅ๐จ๐ฐ ๐ข๐ญ!โ
I couldnโt let her see me break
I went in hallways & bathrooms to cry so she couldnโt see.
I was never not positive.
We had spiritual music.
I had my healing rocks & oils.
I didnโt allow anyone to tell her statistics.
Most importantlyโฆ.failure wasnโt an option!
I didnโt even think about the possibility of her dying.
Most people around us were very focused on the opposite & the statistics. I knew I could never give her permission to be weak or reason to believe she wasnโt going to live. My mindset was very โtogetherโ & strong. I had my emotions under control at all times & Oliviaโs illness wasnโt the only catastrophe going on.
That beautiful girl can yell at me, today, because Iโm her mom & I was the one in that room.
