{"id":79,"date":"2015-11-20T03:14:36","date_gmt":"2015-11-20T03:14:36","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogs.aupairinamerica.com\/cas\/?p=79"},"modified":"2015-11-20T03:21:11","modified_gmt":"2015-11-20T03:21:11","slug":"an-au-pair-testimonial","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.aupairinamerica.com\/cas\/2015\/11\/20\/an-au-pair-testimonial\/","title":{"rendered":"An Au Pair testimonial"},"content":{"rendered":"

Early this week I received this amazing email from Brygida Jackowiak, an Au Pair that returned home last month. Brygida lived in Santa Cruz for one year. Her host family has two kids. The baby girl is almost 2 and the boy is 6 years old.<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n

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This is her view of her year in the US:\u00a0<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n

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Brygida Jackowiak\u00a0<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n

Clearly remember that day when I was leaving home for an Au Pair program. From my family side there was weeping and fear about me but from my side excitement and hunger of new experiences. On that day I knew, something big was about to come.\u00a0 Before I had come to US I kept thinking I am mature and there is no way I could be surprised about anything. I thought \u201c I am going to travel and improve my English skills\u201d. What happened then? My primary goals disappear. Obviously, I travelled and improved my language but those things came naturally. That time has developed me a lot. I might compare it to amusement park where I take a ride having a thought what to expect, but reality is way different. Taking this ride showed me ups and downs, different people, styles of life, views, showed me that there is nothing in this world only black or white. Showed me that there is something more than only my needs. When you are an au pair \u2013 at the beginning you have to, then you want to \u2013 sacrifice your needs. I lied if I said it was easy right after I came. That\u2019s a tough situation not only for foreign girl who one day leaves Europe and the second day moves into a someone\u2019s house. And that was this mentioned down. It\u2019s tough for host family, host parents as well they don\u2019t really know how their relationship might develop. I\u2019d say au pairs are brave \u2013 no doubts \u2013 and host families? Even more. They need to leave their kids in someone else hands, someone who usually doesn\u2019t speak fluent English, doesn\u2019t know the kids. Host parents need to trust au pair, cause that\u2019s how this relationship starts. That\u2019s how my relationship with my host parents started, they gave me a huge \u201ccredit\u201d of trust and I didn\u2019t waste it. I appreciate it. Some mistakes were made, no one is perfect. The point is to learn on them and try to be better every day, cause every day is a blank new page in au pair life. There were many ups too like seeing your host kids improving themselves, growing, showing you their emotions, sharing with you their problems and eventually coming to you just to hug before bed saying \u201cI love you Bridget\u201d, then your heart melts. Matters you had earned taste better and you value them more. My ride – as it usually goes – past incredibly fast. I left this ride after a full year, changed \u2013 but in a good way. Incredibly experience, I\u2019d even say that was the most unexpected year of my life so far. I am richer now \u2013 not even in places that I saw neither English that I improved –\u00a0 I am richer in life experience and\u2026 love! I feel like Au Pair program has hidden agenda. And those hidden things which no one talks about during the interview are the most meaningful.\u00a0 My host family became my real family, kids became my siblings. I gave them all of my heart either they just stole it.\u00a0 There is a saying \u201cthose who are rich in love are the richest of all\u201d and I am this lucky girl rich in love. It happened something more right before I left, just a few words that my host mom said: \u201cthank you for loving my kids”.<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n

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