By Judi Curry
Have you ever wondered why some people have “good luck” while others continually have “bad luck”? Have you ever wondered what can be done to change the bad luck to good luck? Four leaf clovers? Horseshoes? Crossed Fingers? Prayers? Good Thoughts?
Let me tell you about a young couple – V. & D. – and their two children – L. and K., that I have been mentoring since they were students at Job Corps in 2003-4. They came to us as individuals; she had had some emotional trauma in her life, he was a former druggie. (Not uncommon for Job Corps students, because almost all of them are “at risk” students – ages 16-24 – that are unprepared for the future.)
I don’t know why they came to my attention. (I did know then – and if I ask them they would probably remember.) But they met while living on Center – Job Corps is a residential educational institution and almost all of our students live on Center – and fell in love. As I remember, something happened and one of the R.A.’s (residential advisor) suggested that they be “kicked out.” As the Director of the Educational and Vocational programs, I had the opportunity of talking to both of them – together and separately – to assess the situation.
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