I have two books to recommend to you!
The first was published a few years ago. Its title is Beginning to End: The Life Cycle of a Child Care Center—A Director’s Story.
Having opened four children’s centers during my career, and serving as Director of each (the last had two-hundred fulltime children, about four hundred parents, and a staff of sixty-five), I learned a lot about hiring, training, building a teaching team, creating environments for children, working with parents, and building an organization where teachers grew and young children thrived. I did it all.
And then, for another decade, I consulted with other directors so they could build the best programs for their young children. I learned something from each experience I had and I wrote everything down for you, my younger colleagues. I created this blog, so you wouldn’t have to try, try, and try again. I had found the answers in my forty-year career and I was happy to share.
In Beginning to End, I have given you a roadmap to follow so that you, your teachers, your parents, and the children will grow and learn—optimally. It is filled with resources, how-tos, tools to use, experiences, and know-how—things I learned and used successfully along the way. This book presents me as the world saw me—my outer, more public life.
To help keep me evenly balanced and peaceful at work, in the face of the storms that sometimes occurred, I began to use several techniques and practices that helped me. And, little by little, unknowingly, I began to nurture an inner life within. This life, I kept to myself.
My second book, recently published, is The Way of the Elegant Spirit – The Journey Inward – A Book for Women. It presents the me that I have never shared—until now.
It is the story that lives within all women as they begin the third passage of life. This book is a memoir, the adventure of my lifetime and the experiences that perfectly set my course. And it is a roadmap, a navigation tool for women of all ages—with stories, practices, how-tos, and resources—to assist as you travel this path.
Along the way, I learned to believe in the unbelievable; to listen from within; and then, to act. The leaps of faith that I took were extraordinary, but everything somehow fit together perfectly in my life. This is my story, but it may well be every woman’s story. I share this part of me with you, so that you know what is coming and that you can embrace it as the gift it is meant to be.
These two books are truly “sister” books, though that thought never crossed my mind until I had read them, one after the other. They present the full picture of a woman’s life. They complement one another and they completed me—as a woman. Each book will provide a path for you to follow—at work and elsewhere.
Enjoy both books!
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