What's New with You?

Summer of 2018 is well underway and the busyness of early summer has slowed down.  It is finally restful.

I started taking classes this summer to earn my degree.  To be honest at this point I have no idea where I'm going with this but I know that moving forward is the right thing.  I started attending Southwestern Assemblies of God University earlier this summer by taking ONE online class.  One.  And I was surprised to find that one is just about all I'm able to do right now.

This fall I'll be finishing up some Gen Eds at our local community college.  Okay, I'll be finishing up ONE Gen Ed.  I will still have 3 others I need to take but one is about all I can handle mentally and financially right now.

The last few months have been transformational for me.  In the spring I began listening to the Going Scared Podcast by Jessica Honneger founder and CEO of Noonday Collection.  If you know me, you know I LOVE Noonday Collection.  From the company's beginnings to it's mission of empowering women around the world and its FANTASTIC eclectic and quality jewelry - I love it.  So naturally, when I heard about the Going Scared Podcast I HAD to listen.

Over and over and over again the resounding message I have heard is to just do it. Do something. Move Forward. Do it Afraid.

It has been YEARS that I have wanted to go back to college and for many of those years I knew I wanted to go back but had no idea as to what my degree would be.  I was held back by not knowing the whole story.  But if there is one thing I have learned from living life (and being told by amazing leaders all around me) - is that I'm not supposed to know the whole story. I'm just supposed to take the first step.

I am learning to give up regrets and to stop living in "should have".  My husband and I often quote to each other one of our favorite lines from C.S. Lewis' Chronicles of Narnia (said in our best Aslan voice - which if you have listened to Focus on the Family Theatre's audio version you know what I'm talking about)

"To know what would have happened, child?" said Aslan. "No. Nobody is ever told that."
"Oh dear," said Lucy.
"But anyone can find out what will happen," said Aslan

So move forward friends.  Go on, find out what will happen.  We're on this journey together.

Peace,

Brie