My name is Jennifer Babin. I am just a simple person who is able to have an extraordinary experience. I didn’t set out to do a blog you see. So, that is an awesome responsibility that I believe that I am undertaking.
I have done so many jobs in the first half of my life that have helped define who I am (as I’m sure that we can all say). I graduated with a Bachelors of Science in Psychology because people have always fascinated me. While I was working towards that degree, I worked as a PCA (Personal Care Attendant)/Respite worker. For those who don’t know what kind of job that is, it involves working as a specially trained worker who assisted the parents of children with special needs so that they (the parents) could go and do everyday things that you and I take for granted, like go to the grocery store, etc.
When I graduated from college, I was employed in a variety of jobs that involved working and helping students, families in whatever form that they came. I was a Behavior Consultant/Training Coordinator, a nanny, a Mother’s Day Out teacher and then all of that led me into going and getting an alternative certification as a Special Education Teacher. Yeah! I finally thought that this was where I was going to retire….. in the school system.
It worked that way for a long time (15 years to be exact) and then I started to want something different. I think that the closer that I got to 50, then the more that I desired to go in a different direction in my life. It was very hard. It got to the point where I didn’t want to go to work and couldn’t stop crying. This was where I knew that I should be or, at least, that is what I thought that my heart wanted. I broke down and knew that I needed to take a leave of absence in order to discover what I truly wanted to do for the rest of my life. I got counseling and from there I was able to open up with some of my feelings.
But….. I still went back to work. I’m not one who wants to leave a job without a safety net under me. But I eventually did and I know that it was God who told me to “take a leap of faith”. Then with all of the problems happening in the world, He gave me another task….. reach out to others who were just like me. Those who needed to find joy and peace and laughter again, just like me. It is hard to know what path God is leading me on in the long run, but He hasn’t led me wrong, thus far.
So, this blog is not an attempt to convert you to my religious beliefs. It is not an attempt to make you see things my way. This blog is simply about hopefully helping you to become the better person that you can be, whether that is through God or through the actions that you choose to take. I do however, recommend that you ask God along for the ride. He wants to be there with you in your journey as well.
A Joyful Mission 