{"id":1303,"date":"2014-08-18T14:41:48","date_gmt":"2014-08-18T20:41:48","guid":{"rendered":"\/?p=1303"},"modified":"2024-03-05T17:56:00","modified_gmt":"2024-03-05T23:56:00","slug":"house-mother","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sunrisertc.com\/house-mother\/","title":{"rendered":"House Mother"},"content":{"rendered":"

When I started Sunrise back in 2008, I began as a residential staff working on the\u00a0Tuesday<\/span><\/span>,\u00a0Thursday<\/span><\/span>, and Saturday evening shift. \u00a0Honestly I didn\u2019t really know what I was signing myself up for. I quickly learned that on any given day there will be someone who is sick to their tummy, someone will have a sprain or an injury of some kind, two friends will be in a fight, someone will complain, someone will be happy and content, and someone else will be angry or upset. \u00a0I was in bewilderment at how much these girls reminded me of myself when I was their age. I had sick days or days where I was just sick and tired of it all. I had ups and downs and my fair share of fights with friends, who I now realize were never really friends to begin with. \u00a0I have struggled in life figuring out wrong from right and good from bad. \u00a0I realized that I needed to try to help these girls who seem lost and living in a chaotic world.
\nThere was something that I could give them even though at the time I didn\u2019t even know what that was. As I have been with these \u00a0girls I \u00a0have encountered \u00a0so many experiences. \u00a0I have done things I never thought I would ever do, like repelling! I have had so many great relationships with these girls and they have allowed me to be a part of their struggles and triumphs. \u00a0I have been so proud of them I have cried and so frustrated with them I have cried.
\nI have had many nicknames, some of which I most certainly didn\u2019t approve off, but some are unforgettable. I have been called Nessie, V, Lockness, VNess, Vanini, and finally House Mother. That is what made me write this blog, my recent name of House Mother. I feel so honored that these girls would call me that. \u00a0I do care for them and help them. I also get after them when they misbehave. \u00a0I have never thought I would have this many teenage girls<\/a> at the age of 29, but I do. And I love each of them for who they are on the inside, not what they show me on the outside. I am the House Mother, and that is what I have to offer these girls!
\n– written by Vanessa Leach, Residential Manager (House Mother)<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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