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so i do a lot of babysitting. one could say im a professional babysitter. currently as i write this post, there are five sleeping children upstairs that i had the privilege of watching tonight.

i highly recommend babysitting if you are ever insecure about your life. its great. for a morning, afternoon, or night you get to play mom. and because youre not the real mom, the kids dont really respond to you. you get to be put into place as you learn you do not make peanut butter and jelly sandwiches correctly. your pride is shot as a child yells at you to do the bath the right way. i have learned that i do most things “not the way we do it (insert intense whine).” so if you ever are struggling with pride in thinking you are on top of the world, come watch some kids for a night. youll learn youre not all that.

another thing that is funny about babysitting is how you learn about all sorts of families. and the other families know that you are in the other families’ homes. therefore, people always ask me, “how does __ do it?” i love it. i feel like such a font of knowledge.

please know i am not saying any of this sarcastically. there are a couple families in the greenville area that have really taken me in and allowed me to be a part of their family as i minister to their children. and i am so thankful for it. i feel like each time i spend with kids i am getting more and more prepared to one day be a mom. now we just need to work on finding the father…

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