I'm here! I'm here!

Woooow...I am TERRIBLE at blogging. lol But I will make another valiant effort to resurrect this section after about a good three year gap since my last post... 


Well what has happened in the last three years? A LOT! By the looks of my News & Events section, my fingers have been busy performing in orchestra pits every year, moving my entire life across town and learning to be a home owner, going on almost 5 years of marriage, gained some more experience in musical directing, doing a lot more vocal coaching these days (I really tried to resist this - but I am such a songbird at heart!) and still pastoring Emerge youth group every Friday night. 


I always say, "I live an extraordinary life." Because well, I do! I think I'm happiest when I'm learning and growing, and that has helped to open so many doors. And this wonderment which I believe God gave me, continues to shape and mold who I am as a person - someone my younger self never could have conceived! Sometimes I think back to when I was a teenager like these youth I'm mentoring. Isn't it funny how we thought we had our whole lives planned out, where we'd be, what we'd be doing, who we would have married? My life is nowhere where I imagined. It's even BETTER! (Not without difficulties and hardships of course) All of this is really a testament of my adventures with God and how He redeemed my life when He stepped in my early twenties. 


If you're reading this and feel like you haven't arrived yet and are unfulfilled, lost, confused, not sure what your purpose is, I would say this, "You don't know what you don't know." You are on a path to get there and have no idea where life can take you in the next five years.Two years even! You can look back and say "Wow!" just like I did since my last blog post. Keep reaching, keep learning, if you have faith, keep seeking God because He made you and knows the gifts He put inside of you. If you don't ascribe to any kind of faith, always remember your WHY, what drives you. That points to your purpose. Because I said yes to possibilities and stretching out of my comfort zones, I discovered even more about myself. Things I didn't know I could do! 


Signing off on this impromptu pep-talk {mostly thinking out loud} but I hope it has uplifted and encouraged someone out there. :)


Go for it, I believe in you! 
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