Lemonade out of Lemons and a little life update

Oh my, if it's not one thing it's another. I know you know the story but let me give my new friends a little background, so just bare with me for a second if you will! I was a high school English teacher for 10 years, ya’ll that's a long time in one profession! Well, last April I made a huge change, I mean massive change and left my very secure teacher job to become a flight attendant. Super exciting yet super scary all at the same time. I up and moved to NYC, took the subway the wrong direction too many times to count, learned to put on that “do not mess with me face” when out in the city and to NEVER stop in the middle of the sidewalk to check your phone. All thanks to my sweet friend Abby! 

And now here we are in the middle of a pandemic, I am not flying and back in Florida for at least the next 3 months basically house hopping between sharing a bed with my little sis at my parents house and staying the night with my sweet grandma. Life is funny sometimes! I took a chance, made a massive leap, I moved out of my cute little townhome and put all of my things in storage to be ready for whatever the next step was and yet here we are almost right back where I started, minus my cute little town home! Never would I have guessed that my next step would be no job and moving back in with my parents. But yet, here we are! 

That last flight I took from NYC back to Florida was so bittersweet and to be honest a little overwhelming. It felt like all of the change that I jumped into over the past year was coming to a screeching halt. And I was left with a choice...I could sit and be stuck in pity for yet again things not turning out like I thought they would… clearly a common theme in my life over the past year! And let me tell you, my go with the flow muscle has definitely been tested and strengthened that is for sure lol.

Or I could choose to look at these four months as a time I could grow and learn and do something different. If you remember, from the get go, I looked at flying as a catalyst into something else. I wasn’t sure what that “something” else was but I just always felt like that. I love flying and miss it but I never wanted it to be my full time job, just something I could do along with that “something” else.  

Well, I am here to tell you that I think I might have found a small piece of that something else! I had to swallow my pride, I had to ask for help, I had to invite others into my journey but I am beginning to see that “something” else! I love to write, to build a bridge to others with my words… that is one of the things I loved about teaching. I could help my students tell their stories through writing. I loved that I could coach them, lead them and add value to their lives! NO, I am not back in the classroom with teenagers but I am doing that right here online! I have loved being an entrepreneur and have been one for almost six years and now I get to use my teaching skills to help other entrepreneurs like me use their words to create conversions! To help enhance their writing, tell their stories and create writing that converts so that they stand out online and be the best at what they do! 

I went into these four months really discouraged, I threw the pity party for a hot minute but God… he had another idea. Where I saw a completely closed door he made a way. I really thought my life was literally being put on hold, and in some areas still feel that way (ahemmm my dating dating life lol) but God had different plans. When things don’t go the way you think they should, maybe just maybe, God has something different, something better, something more than you can even begin to imagine. I am sitting here laughing that I am even typing these words  because if you would have asked me a few years ago if I thought that was true I would have given you a VERY loud hell no! But God! Friends, look for the lemonade amongst the lemons… it's sweet and so very unexpected but you have to open and willing to jump in with both feet!