I left my higher education career 6 years ago this week to take my 6 year old business full-time. There is so much packed into that sentence, even years later, that I can’t believe is real. As a 21 year old I didn’t even want to start this business. I was so freaked out. At 25 I moved it half way across the country and thought it wouldn’t be able to restart. It almost didn’t. At 27 I finished my master’s degree in a field I love and was in a position I loved, teaching and advising at the college level. And a year later, at 28, my colleagues and students applauded me into my next chapter, nearly forcing the shift to full time because I couldn’t make the jump. We had taken in a teenage girl as our own without any support. J was swimming upstream to work. I was terrified again. And 2 months later we found out we were pregnant with Mac. And yet, there’s not been a moment since stepping into this that the provision hasn’t shows up. That YOU all haven’t shown up and chosen me. Trusted me. I hope for anyone on a journey that feels 🎢 you’ll keep going. I’m always here for ya and I really do get it! Someday I’d love to go back to counseling + education. But for now, I’m fully here and so grateful. Love you all so big. And extra 🤍 to J who has literally been here every step. Swipe for one of my first photo headshots. He took it in 2010 🥰