It's Friday night, and you know what that means..
It is time to Dare to Share!
We are in Michigan again celebrating a friend's birthday at the dance. Tonight we celebrated the birthday of our friend Marilyn. It's also the birthday of another friend, but he was not able to come to dance tonight. We will hopefully celebrate with him at the next dance.
Hopefully those who celebrated Mother's Day had a good weekend. Last week I mentioned I was making a project with my grand baby for her mom. She loves to color but since she is not quite 2, she is still in the scribbling stage. I had her color printed flowers, and then I cut them out for her. I helped her add them to the bouquet with glue dots on the back of each flower. Her mom loved receiving flowers that she can keep for years to come. I will be adding a flower bouquet kit to my Etsy Shop at some point in the near future.
I also mentioned at last week's Dare to Share party that I would be sharing more about the Day Without Childcare. On May 11th, day care workers and parents participated in the 5th annual event. People around the country went to their state's capital to request affordable and equitable child care for all. If you have ever worked in or taken your kids to daycare, you know how important and sometimes difficult it is to find good and affordable care. Child care workers do a very important job, for not a lot of pay. Many people are not able to stay in the field and afford to pay their bills. A lot of centers have to close, because they can not afford to stay open. A lot of parents can not work, because they can not afford to put their children in child care. I do feel blessed that I work at a good center in a job that I really enjoy. I am now in a position where I do not have to pay a lot of big bills. I know that is not true of everyone though, and hope to see a positive change in the future.
I just looked that the time and realized it is getting really late. I better get this party started! Link up and HAVE FUN!
Thanks so much for hosting us all, Pam! And thanks for your service in such an important field of work!
ReplyDeleteIt kind of happened on accident. When I lived in Michigan I used to teach 5th and 6th graders. Right after I moved to Ohio, there was a mass shooting at Michigan Staten University while my son was going to school there. At the moment I decided not to go back into school setting where I am now living. One of my first friends in my new town was an asst day care director. She knew I would be a great fit at her center and asked me to come work there with here. I agreed, and now I am loving working with the little over the older kids.
DeleteI agree! Good, safe, and affordable chldcare is so important for working mothers. Not everyone has extended families to help care for a child and these days dual income is very necessary.
ReplyDeleteThat is true of someone even in our own family. D's daughter works only on the weekend, because she does not have anyone available during the week because all have our own jobs to go to. They can not afford to put the baby in daycare. Her husband is a school teacher. She may be able to work a little bit more now that he will soon be out for the summer.
DeleteGood morning and thanks for this party, Pam. Enjoy your day and weekend.
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