Once upon a time......

Once upon a time there was a four year old who wanted to work in a library. Many detours and many years later, at the ripe old age of twenty-nine, that four year old started living out her dream.

Librarian

She was not an overnight sensation, however. With the words in her head that "from little things, big things grow", she started out library life as a casual shelver, then a casual library assistant, then a permanent part-time library assistant. After a bit of travelling, she worked as a permanent fulltime library assistant, then as a casual and part-time library assistant in another couple of libraries. Showing a bit of a talent for Children's related activities in libraries, it was suggested that she get another qualification, as a Library Technician. After two years study while she worked every day off at the library, on paper, she was officially a Library Technician. "If you want to be a fulltime employee at our library, it maybe a good idea to become a Librarian," it was suggested.

So, already armed with two degrees and two diplomas, she started studying by correspondence to be a Librarian. During the day, mostly working 6 days a week, she continued in her pursuit to work in the Children's Library and spent whatever spare time she had preparing elaborate children's programs and working on ideas.

Finally, she became a librarian, and she was able to show off some of her talents in the coastal library, but it was time to move on when opportunities were limited. The first opportunity outside didn't work out. The second went from being a Young Adult Library Technician in a Maternity Leave position to a caretaker role as Children's Librarian, to finally the ultimate....THE Children's Librarian.....and it only took forty odd years! 

To be honest, that little four year old probably thought that it would NEVER happen. However, it did. It was worth all of the sacrifices, the hard work and the study....it is the best job in the world, and I get to spend my days with kids and books....what more could a nearly 50 year old girl ask for?