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8/19/2011

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Albert Einstein said: "Life is like riding a bicycle. To keep your balance you must keep moving."


Change has to happen sometimes - and it has recently for me. I recently accepted a new position at a different agency. I'm leaving my post teaching preschool for Head Start and will be starting in September as an ABA Therapist with a Bay Area company called Innovative Pathways. The organization specializes in working with children with special needs, specifically Autism Spectrum Disorders.


If you've spent any time with me, you'll know that children with developmental needs are where my passion is. So when I got this opportunity, I jumped at it.


It's been really difficult to leave my job at HS. I love my coworkers and my kiddos are such a source of joy to my heart.  It's going to be gut wrenching to say goodbye to the wonderful team of teachers I've been on for almost a year. I'm not quite ready to talk about how I feel about leaving my babies. I've been with them for a year for eight hours a day, five days a week. Sigh.


Life is full of these changes. I don't think it gets easier, but it does become more of a learning process each time. And each time I have to say hard goodbyes I approach them a little stronger and more grateful than before.
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Tara link
8/19/2011 03:40:58 pm

Bethany, wow I'm so excited for you! I know how much this type of work means to you so it's exciting to hear about! It will be hard to leave your babies but hopefully you will be replaced with someone who truly loves these babies as much as you do and will carry on the love and devotion you have shown them!

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clarify
8/20/2011 07:08:13 am

i had no idea you were going to take a new job! will it be in the city? congrats! will talk more about it when i see you tomorrow (in the midst of welcoming folks). :)

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    bethany lives in san francisco with her husband marc.


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    Marc was born in Florida and lived most of his life in Greenville, SC. Bethany was born in Georgia and lived in Texas for 17 years before moving to South Carolina where she met Marc while working at a church camp. They were married in 2007.

    you can follow bethany on Twitter: @bhthomps.

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