Life After Divorce | The New Me Mom

This year it’s not just “back to school” for my kids. Im going back to school too! I haven’t been in a school setting since 2003. And even though I’m not walking around on a campus, I still feel the stress of it all. I forgot what it was like to take online classes. When I took online classes before I would forget about it. Not intentionally of course but it just always skipped my mind. And yes, this time I’m doing this all online. You might be thinking, “you’re 40…and why did you sign up to do it all again??”. Truth, I never got my undergrad. Post high school I moved to Los Angeles and went to Musicians Institute. A year long program for singing and songwriting. Yes, that’s right. I once thought I was gonna be big and famous. Well, God had other plans. Los Angeles was not my type of town and so I moved home to Nebraska. I enrolled into the University of Nebraska at Omaha and majored in radio broadcasting. I figured, “well if I’m not doing music anymore what else interests me?” I love to talk! So what better way to talk than to get paid to do it? I transferred to Iowa Western, because they had a better broadcasting program, which was a small community college and stayed for a year. Yes, one whole year. It also wasn’t my thing so again, God had better plans for me. In 2004 I moved to Nashville with no idea what I was going to do next. You’re probably thinking this girl is a mess. I wanted to see if I had what it took, once again to be a singer like I always dreamed. Again, God had other plans and I picked up in 2007 and moved to a town just outside of Houston and went to cosmetology school. I received my license after a year and became successful as a hairstylist for many years. That was the last time I went to school. Trade school of course but it was something that I had interest in. Now many years later, post kids, post divorce, I’m back to where I was before. Starting over and figuring out what I want to do with the rest of my life. I enrolled in Colorado Christian University. I heard an ad on KLOVE Radio and jumped on the opportunity. My major… currently it’s creative writing. Could you have guessed that one? I love writing! I love getting my thoughts down on paper in hopes others can relate or maybe make a difference to someone one day. Maybe I’ll even write a book… So with only 38 credits transferring from my previous schooling, reality quickly sets in. And if I’m going to do this, I still have 3 years to go. Sounds like forever when you’re 40! But at least I took the steps and I’m going. I might need an accountability partner for online schooling but this isn’t only for me now to say I finished something. I can now show my kids that you’re never to old to learn or go back to school. So with or without an accountability partner I’m going to keep showing up. My major might change down the road but my mind won’t change knowing God has put me on this path for a reason. And I’ll be better down the road for it. ♥️

Psalm 32:8

I will instruct you and teach you in the way you should go; I will counsel you with my loving eye on you.