I see myself as one busy lady. I consider myself a "project" person, never really satisfied unless I have lots of things going on in my life where I can see progress. I have had a few things that have disappeared from being time consuming this past year for which I am grateful. You see those things at the bottom of the page. You see me smiling as I keep myself busy and "out of trouble" in all of these endeavors. But you also see me with "sweat" pouring down my brow as I struggle to keep things in proper priority and in balance. I consider myself to have a bit of attention deficit, so the items must be items that interest me and hold my attention. It's difficult for me to focus, but when I do, I can get a lot done.
Plate 1: My relationship with God. This includes all I do that revolves around obeying Him and what He has given me to do for Him in His Word. That begins with my surrender to Him and His Word, then trust, then obedience. I have a wonderful life filled with joy and excitement as I let all that I say, do and plan to do revolve around pleasing Him.
Plate 2: My wonderful family; of strong and loving husband who is the spiritual leader of my home and provider for me and the kids; Four beautiful children; John who is the oldest, 25, is off in the Navy serving overseas on a submarine, but stationed out of Washington; Grace who is 22, just moved back home after completing her Bachelors degree in Theology and is now working at a local daycare. Paul Gene; he just moved to New York to attend Long Island University and study as well as run track. We're hoping he can figure out the finances to be able to complete his studies there. Philip, my "baby", is a senior in High School and not sure what he wants to do with his life yet. In the meantime, he is enjoying his senior year, doing sports and being very congenial and super friendly to everyone he meets.
Plate 3: I have begun a Thrift Shop in South Burlington, right on Williston Road. For the past five years, it has been run by a few church volunteers, on a part time basis. We have outgrown the space we are in, and are looking for a larger space, even though we have only been making enough money to pay the rent. I'm looking forward to this possiblity and maybe even combining our church space with it. We're hoping to get more visibility in the community with this project so we can do more to let our light shine.
Plate 4: My hobbies have been: my dogs; Daisy who is a Brittish lab, very sweet and loving, and Ginger, a labradoodle who I'm teaching how to jump rope. I also love to go kayaking, fishing, and do art, when I can find time.
Plate 5: Right now, I'm seeing a dream come true for pursuing a Master's degree. I never really knew what kind of a degree to pursue until a gal came into the thrift shop and told me she was planning to get a degree in Expressive Arts therapy. I heard all of the bells and whistles going off in my head. I figured with my basic back-round in drama, music and art that this might just be the avenue I needed to try. Because of my desire to help people, not just entertain for the sake of entertaining, this degree of "Art and Mental Health" has me super excited. And I've been wanting to take classes to help me be a better artist, and this will be my avenue to do that. Taking two classes a semester (as long as the finances hold up), seems challenging, but workable with the present schedule I have with everything else going. I have the support of my family which is a huge piece toward making this happen. I am full of joy!
Plate 6 and so on: I know there will be other plates coming in to play in my life, and I should have sketched in some floating out there in "space", because that's just what kind of person I am. I look forward to all that my future holds. I also know I have not gone into detail about what plates 1 - 5 entail, but have just given you a brief overview.
I have turned other plates from this past year upside down to show that they are no longer a part of my focus. I appreciate the fact that I have had these other "things" to do in my life, but I'm perfectly content not having them to free up my time for more important things. Some of those things were very hard to let go of, but they helped to make me who I am.
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