Mercedes Ferretiz loved being from a diverse city such as Dallas. My wife enjoyed the different food, music, and the big lights this city brought her. My lady was born in 1995, and even though we both retired in Lancaster. She never quit talking about the street tacos she would crave from East Dallas. Mercedes would also admit to missing the atmosphere from her childhood home, that she almost burned down at the age of four. Even at a young age my wife proved to be different from others, which made her stand out from her siblings and friends. After graduating from Bryan Adams High School, Mercedes went to Texas Woman’s University and studied Child Development. She was Children’s Hospital personal version of Patch Adams. Mercedes was a Child Life Specialist, and would work long morning shifts from 5:00 a.m. to 3:00 p.m. I remember the excitement My Wife had when she informed me that Children’s Hospital hired her to work for them; she almost crushed my ribs from hugging me hard. Mercedes loved working there. My gal had a special place in her heart for those kids. She loved doing crafts with them, it didn’t matter if it was painting or making water balloons; she seized the day being there with them. Mercedes enjoyed seeing the children laugh and play. Even if they were going through a difficult situation; she admired the way they would not let their situation ruin their day. My Wife was a sweetheart she would try to go the extra mile to cheer those kids up, even if it meant
Feelings are the most significant part of human’s creature, but what if it comes to the goal that your life is based on? would it still be that important? In the article, “Dog Lab”, Claire McCarthy discusses her own experiences as a medical student at Harvard school. McCarthy was born in 1963. She did her residency at Boston’s Children’s Hospital and she is now working as a pediatrician at the Martha Eliot Health Center in the Jamaica Plains. During college, she used to keep journal with her that provided the outline of her books which she referred to for her books such as Learning How the Heart Beats: The making of a Pediatrician and Everyone's Children : A Pediatrician's Story of an Inner City Practice. In addition to McCarthy being incredibly
“It only take one person to change your life.” It could be a spouse, a long lost family member, or maybe even a baby. Change is never a bad thing. You will always have to face change, whether it’s changing schools, having to adjust to a new sibling, or even having to adjust to a new job.
Three years after divorcing Jim Polk, Eleanor "Jess" Atwood Gibson was born. The sounds of the little baby echo in the almost empty room, its tiny voice vibrating in between crying and gasping for air as if drowning. The first struggle is over. It now craves attention and milk through its concert of wails.1
During our lives, serval blissful, traumatic, culture event that established the transformations during cognitive, social, physical, and characteristic changes in our lives from the time of birth through our death. A person’s existence is shaped and molded by the experiences that have set us physically and mentality. The interview conducted for this project for an understanding of, Mrs. Candi Jones, is a mother, daughter, and sister. She was the middle child of in a physically disable household where father and sister hearing-impaired; a mother who is deaf. They are a mixture of a sibling through birth, adoption, and foster. During the interview with Ms. Jones, she discusses experienced numerous events in her life that play a major influenced
The women who we all think so highly of did not have a great starting out. Born on January 26, 1892 in Atlanta, Texas in a one-room, dirt-floored cabin to her parents, George and Susan, who were illiterate and children of slaves. Attempting to turn their
When she was a child, in her free time, Clara really enjoyed treating injured, sick pets and neighborhood animals. When she was 11 years old, Clara’s brother fell off the roof, and she helped her brother recuperate, which later served as her medical studies and she wanted to help more people. Because She thought helping people would make herself happy. Out of this reason, she helped tons of people and animals.
She wrote, “I remember, the night I figured out I was pregnant, my mother just sat there and held me. I knew she would support me through this whole thing.” She also wrote, “Without my sister, mom and best friend I wouldn’t have made it through this part of my life.” With a lot on her plate like, completing school, working, dance and maintaining a friend group, all while trying to raise a child, life was going to get difficult fast. Her main goal while having a child was to graduate. She said “So many people told me to just give up, there is no way I’ll be able to do both. I told myself I had to, for my baby.” With the help of her mom and sister, she did just that on June 13th 1997. Through lots of consultations with family and friends she persevered with her baby. She didn’t let this small mistake affect the rest of her
After receiving her MSW, Holly began working as a medical social worker at Yale New Haven Hospital in the emergency department. She did this for 13 years until she was offered a job as a school social worker at the Educational Center for the Arts in Hamden, Connecticut. She currently works there part time while running her own private practice. Having her own private practice has always been a professional aspiration of hers. A typical day in her position involves meeting with special needs children ages 14 through 20 months and their families. These children have physical and
Noel’s biggest passion is working with children. Since graduating high school, Noel has started Southern Wesleyan University, where she is majoring in Early Childhood and Elementary Education. After completing her Bachelor’s
Dear parents/guardians of Madelynn, the past 12 weeks of working with your child it has been a wonderful experience. Over these past 12 weeks I have been able to grow closer and teach Madelynn. She has been a wonderful student for me to bond with and teach.
Ms. Brooks started off helping special needs children and then went on to work at a Daycare. Seeing each child face every day motivates her to continue on even when she don’t want to. Ms. Brooks plays a major part in her community. During back-to school week she provides kids with school supplies for the
While reading michelle was very young, 3 year old with a hole in her heart, brought the idea of my childhood neighbor. She had her baby at the age of 17, the baby just turning 9 months touched my parents and my heart. My friend named amber would walk her daughter around the subdivision all summer of 2016, certainly stopping at our house on the way back home as we watched her grow
She talked about how before her and her husband got a divorce, they used to fight a lot. They didn’t just fight mentally, but physically as well. She has 3 sons, and they would all be able to hear them fight. The reason she was telling us this was because as educators, we need to realize that we do not know our students’ life stories. We do not know everything that goes on back at home, so we need to be cautious on what we say and do. I love how she said, “The teacher may be the nicest person to a student that day, and they can really make a huge impact on that one student.” That made me think, if I were to give all my students a hug each day, that might be the only hug some of the children receive that day. That makes me sad to think about, but it makes me more well aware that what I do to my students matters a lot to
In 1859 Henry Ward Beecher said, "the mother’s heart is the child’s schoolroom." I believe that statement because of experiences I’ve had with my own mother. I have learned more about life from her than from my 15 years of schooling. Over the last 20 years my mother has taught me many valuable lessons just by being a living example of compassion, thoughtfulness, and generosity. She is an angel that has protected and carried me throughout life.
I grew up loving children of all ages and wanting to be a caregiver. I was the baby sitter and nanny to the neighborhood and my church ward. When I was in High School’s it was no surprise to anyone that I chose to work in the school’s child care center. I continued working with children at several child care centers until I went to school.