We were asked to do a visualization project for a class on what we visualize for ourself when we are out of school, and in the career we want. We also had to write our obituary too. This is what I wrote for this assignment.
I am in a battered women’s shelter with lots of children running around playing. Most of the women are sitting around talking amongst themselves. It is a house, a very big house with everything a person would expect to have in a comfortable home. I am in my own office, looking over in-take paperwork for a woman that just arrived with her 3 children. She is sitting in the chair in front of me with her three children that look very frightened but anxious to play with the other children at the same time. I read in her in-take, that she has been married for 7 years to an abusive man. She has reported him may times to the local police, but he seemed to get away with hurting her again and again. It also states that he is abusive to his children, which is apparent from the bruises on their faces. She is looking at me with fear in her eyes that I will ask her to leave, but instead I welcome her and her children to this safe house. She is very happy and starts to cry. Her and her children exchange gigantic hugs. I look over at my book shelf where the book I wrote about my life sits and smile to myself. I know that everything I went through growing up, made me who I am today. I am proud of the accomplishments I have made, and the fact that I have a decorate to prove it. When I was going to school, it was a struggle with two kids and being a single mom, but that just made me stronger and want to work closely with people, not from behind a desk at the county offices. And finally, when the woman and her children get up to meet the their new roommates, she turns around at my door with tears in her eyes and says “thank-you”. She just made my hard work and sacrifices worth it. My obituary will read as follows:
Today we lost a daughter, mother, grandmother, aunt and most of all a friend. Nichole has many accomplishments to name, but she would only want you to know that she loved her work. She was a crisis counselor at the local women’s shelter. She worked closely with the women and children there. She also wrote a book about her life that inspired many young children to strive for the best and to never settle. She was a wonderful mother and her children will always remember how she encouraged them to keep pushing through the pain, she will be greatly missed. Thank you Nichole, for your work in our community, in the hearts of children around the world and most important, in the hearts of your children. We love you mom and will see you when we get there.
This was kind of a hard thing to write, because I feel like I’m talking up myself and it hasn’t even happened, but I understand why this assignment is important. It really put into perspective where I want to go with my career. I have always wanted to go that path, but to visualize myself there was great! And it felt just as good! I know I need to finish school with a psychology degree and staying with the job that I have now would help my chances of getting into a shelter to work. I work as an ARMHS worker.(Adult rehabilitative mental health services) So I am on the right path. Thanks for having this project due, otherwise I never would have done it, and never been able to see what I want clearly.