There is a Time for Every Season

Life brings about changes, some of those changes are good and some not so much.

Life has brought me to a part time teaching job at the college level that I enjoy. Life has also brought awareness to issues that have to be addressed. (My youngest is medically fragile.)

In light of life... I am changing some things around. I still do photography, but now it will be referral only. My free time is mostly in the evening and since I don't have a studio, it is best. I do enjoy doing on location shoots and if you are one of my past clients or are referred by one of them, I will see what we can work out. I know I will be at UT of M in October for a senior shoot.

Please do not misunderstand, I love photography as much today as I did 5 years ago. Just have priorities that have to be organized. It would be amazing to be in a position where I could please my artistic desires without worry about anything else.

I am focusing more on my writing and have three works in progress. (I may have focus issues.) #LunarEclipse and #Unkown are the two I am sharing info about as I write on Twitter. Writing is my first love and being able to write again is amazing.

Lunar Eclipse is fantasy romance that has a sci-fi feel being that it does not happen on Earth. As can be guessed it is focused on the moon. That is all I will share at this point.  Although, once it is ready there may be past fans of my rpg days that recognize some character personalities.

Unknown is very much on the sci-fi side. I am unsure how to explain it other than the below screen capture.

There is a time for every season. Right now, I am limiting some of my adventures to be better at what I do. My writing is top priority after my family and work. It just works out better right now. Maybe in a few months or a year things will change again. Right now just going with the flow. (This hopefully also means I will be blogging more.)

Change is inevitable

I have been taking inventory the last few weeks. Not physical what I own inventory, but the kind of inventory where a person gains perspective.

November of 2008 I met a lady that was participating in NaNoWriMo. We had decided to meet at a quaint little shop and take a risk. Both of us were leery of other people, although she was already pursuing her dreams. We met because we were both determined to write a novel in 30 days. Through that meeting, a friendship was born. We aren't do everything together friends, but we both know we are there.

Anyhow, as we were talking and getting to know each other, I found out she was a nontraditional student and she was making her dreams happen. The more we talked and I shared my dreams with her, she started encouraging me to pursue my education that I had not had the support to do prior.

I found myself with her and my husband's encouragement apply to college in Spring 2009.

I was nervous as all beat out, but I did it. There have been ups and downs, moments that I wanted to quit even. But all because one person encouraged me, I chased my dream. It took me 9 semesters to get my BA. I stayed full time and raised my family at the same time. I even graduated with honors.

During the years as an undergraduate, I had other people pour into me that they were proud of me for going back to school and also for acknowledging the gifts I have. And now, I will be entering my second semester as a Masters candidate.

Big change from the shy country girl with low self-esteem back there in 2008.

Now, this semester I will be tackling another area I never saw myself doing. I will be a Graduate Assistant, working with one of the professors and preparing lessons and teaching lab.

All of this to say, do not limit yourself to your current situation.