I’m Nurse G. I’m Doctor G, at times. And some call me Miss Wendi. I answer to it all.
This is my fourth year full-time. I love it here. The kids are what make my day. Their little smiles after you “treat” them. Some of these kids just need a little extra T.L.C. Sometimes they need, I’ll call it, “a brain break.” I love that you can spend the five minutes with them and sometimes they’re just having a really bad day – maybe dad’s deployed or mom’s deployed or traveling.
I also like the fact that at this age you’re molding them and teaching them. You’re teaching them how to own responsibility for themselves. You see the kids grow up and become young adults; we’ll use that loosely at this age because they are still pretty young. But I think it’s neat to see how they grow up and to see the neediness change and maturity slowly develop.
I love my day. It’s a different pace, but there are its challenges every day. You have a lot of health concerns in a school that keep you on your toes because you never know when something’s going to happen. It’s rewarding at the end of the day seeing these kids smile and to share the love and the care and the compassion.
It’s a wonderful job.
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