be a mentor

I need to find one, but I also need to be one – to those who need help.

I’ll explore a bit more about this in a future entry.

I would like to be a mentor to young gay and bi teens, i remember how entirely alone and worthless i felt as a teen, low selfesteem is a terrible thing and it seared my psychy and made me an introvert who just cannot break out of it.
I also believe, that even tho the teens now days are so much more informed they are on the other hand so much more intolerant of anyone who does not fit into their mold. It was different when i was in school i did not fit in but everybody pretty much just left me alone. But sadly now, when they perceive someone to be different than they are, or those who are not adept it reinventing themselves to fit in with the crowd, they ostracize and hound them unmercilessly until, sad to say some are driven to suicide. It is a sad commentary on our supposed open and free society.
Do you not agree?

On 11/29/2004, the Monday following Thanksgiving Day weekend, a good friend and longtime coworker was murdered on the job by her estranged husband as she began walking to the office building from her car. I was only the third person to arrive to the crime scene; it was so fresh that the cops hadn’t yet arrived. The experience was horrific, and I can only imagine what her family has gone through since that sad day.

Since then, I have felt a burning desire to try to make a difference in this world so that such tragic events can be prevented. A few months ago, I finally decided that becoming a mentor would be an excellent way to positively impact the life of a youth and hopefully prevent him from becoming a threat to society.

I have already been screened and approved by Big Brothers Big Sisters. My next step is to interview with a placement specialist so that I can be aligned with a Little. The process is quite complex, understandably so. But I look forward to getting started.

I wasn’t sure if my idea of “mentor” is the same as what it actually is so I looked it up…
“a trusted counselor or guide.”
well that wasn’t what I intended.
I think I have achieved this by my definition which is helping others learn and assuming responsibility to do so and so yep. I feel good about what I did. I read to the special needs class at school every week and it was so rewarding. I got to know the 5 kids and I just love them! This is definitely something I will never forget and hope to do again!

i love helping people and am a great teacher. being a mentor would be a great experience.

I thought it was fun…I think he had fun too. He drank all my diet Coke and watched the special features from the Lord of the Rings movies. _

I have had some wonderful mentors in my life, and they have meant the world to me. So now I want to BE a mentor for somebody else.

We have done Marriage Mentoring w couples that had been married for many years and are now Pre-Marriage Mentors for our church. Knowing our hard learned experiences can be helpful in bringing joy to someone is an amazing feeling.

I had to contact the person who emailed me and tell her I hadn’t received anything. Turned out she hadn’t even sent it yet (after three weeks!), which kind of disappointed me since I expected more organization.

My packet finally came in the mail on Friday and all I have to do is go somewhere to get fingerprinted and send my packet in. In a way I’m kind of worried now because I wonder how they handle the pairings. I mean, what if we don’t “click” or something? Ah well, I shouldn’t worry as I’m not sure I’ll get chosen anyway.

I hadn’t heard anything in over two months so I thought perhaps the program wasn’t still going on or I hadn’t been contacted for some reason or other. I heard from someone in the program last week who said I should be getting information about getting fingerprinted and having a background check done. I’m disappointed, in a way, because I figured they’d have done that already (I provided references), but perhaps I just don’t know how these things work. I checked the mailbox eagerly this week and nothing yet. :( This sure is taking awhile…