Fall-ing in Martinez

It's August and I have come to a fork in the road. As I came home for the summer, I have found that leaving to head back to Salt Lake at this time couldn't be worse. The past two days in the hospital have been the most critical condition Tessa has yet seen, but she is currently fighting through, and we are praying and waiting.

The plan was to head back this Tuesday, but because of the condition my niece is in, there is no place I'd rather be than with my sister, especially since I have the opportunity to do so - my enrollment as a student for the U of U will stay active, my rent will most likely be taken over by Cat, and I currently do not have to be back to a job in Salt Lake (Bellah's dad is now watching her daily). So I find...what is at hand here with my family is weighing much more heavily on me, and I consider it an "opportunity" to be able to stay this long.

I DO have a plan of attack as far as pursuing a career while I am home during this time, especially since classes at the U are on hold. While watching Audrey every day will boil down to about 2-3 days/week, my other time will be occupied with studies towards becoming certified as a natural health professional. Obtaining this certification will help approve me for purchasing a SCIO/biofeedback machine (which will be in the springtime at earliest). An awesome door of opportunity has opened from my current practioner here who gives me treatment. She has offered to take me under her wing to do some training in her office as well, with clients that come in. And finally, as these are all steps along the way, I will go through extensive training with the software program and health education classes to get my liscense as a biofeedback technician/specialist. From here I would start building clientel most likely for Lyme Disease sufferers/various health ailments/disease.

So...as I moved home to help alieviate a heavy load, I see some unexpected opportunities unfolding for a career path. And what has really kicked me in the butt with becoming more and more interested in this treatment as a career has been because of Tessa's disease. One of the reasons I want to have a machine of my own is to not only treat myself and others, but to be an educator and advocate so that eventually get this technology is received by the public of the hospitals. Because this is my ultimate goal, I plan to head back to the University of Utah and finish my degree in Speech Communications either in the spring or summer.

It does feel so great to have a plan with passions that are mixed together. I am so grateful that the Lord slowed down all my education plans a few years ago to bring me to the place I finally am now. This feels totally right and I am excited to start this new season.

"Faith never knows where it is being led, but it loves and knows the one who is leading." - Oswald Chambers