I’ve been working to become a La Leche League leader for about three years. Normally it doesn’t take a person nearly that long to get to leadership but it’s taken me that long due to all kinds of silly circumstances having to do with stuff like moves, bureaucracy, and an ACLA (certification supervisor) who completely dropped the ball. Anyway, I’m finally *this close* to leadership but now I’m thinking of quitting.

It’s really important to me to volunteer in some way. I’ve been volunteering since I was about sixteen.

  • I tutored elementary school kids with my friend Josh;
  • I worked the AIDS hotline under a miserable, burned-out supervisor;
  • I worked for Women Against Rape;
  • My job at the YWCA started as a volunteer position;
  • And then there’s been LLL.

    What appeals to me about being a leader is helping new moms adjust to motherhood (it’s no walk in the park for most of us). It’s not just the breastfeeding stuff for me. Anyway, there was a wee blow-up between my two leaders and my co-LA (leader applicant) and myself on Monday. As a result it’s been a hellish, difficult week for me and maybe some of them, too. So I decided to take the summer off from LLL entirely (heck, I’ve been going for nearly four years and my son has been weaned for a few months now) and check out other volunteer opportunities. Maybe I’ll work a crisis line again. I thought of looking into CASA but it looks like too much to do at this point in my life. And then I thought of Parents Anonymous but here in town they’re under the umbrella of Catholic Social Services and I’ll have to see how/if that changes their agenda in the groups.

    I don’t want to do childcare again; I’m pretty sure I want to work with parents.

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