A New Chapter

Ever since I made my decision a strange calm had fallen over me.  A peace.  As heartbreaking, and difficult, as that decision was, it was a relief to not be stressing and worrying over it.

I've been putting a lot of thought into what I want to do.  Do I want to leave the teaching realm altogether?  Or do I want to try to do something related/involved with children?  I decided I'd rather do something related with children since that really is my passion.  At first I thought about opening a franchise of a teaching store; the kind of store that sells fun teaching things like bulletin boarders, and note pads, and awards, and a whole lot of other things.  I love those stores and the closest one in this area is in Bellingham.  But that wouldn't give me the interaction with the kids.

So I kept thinking, and someone briefly mentioned that I should start a preschool.  I loved that idea!  So I've started the process of opening and running my own preschool and daycare!  The process has just started, so I don't know all the details.  Yesterday I took the first step.  There is an orientation that you have to go to to be able to even apply for a day care license.  There was a lot of useful information (and a lot of helpful resources) at this orientation.  It will be a long, hard process, but I think I'm up for the challenge, a new challenge!