something about two of my favorite people finding each other and falling in love has changed me. i haven't felt this much clarity in a very long while...not since i decided to start making important foundational decisions conducive to Heavenly Father's will, but that's a whole other post :). ever since lulu's birthday last week things have been better than they've ever been: for myself, for jon and i,for our family...everything has just been better.
it's been 8 years since i feel i've had this much clarity...and by clarity i mean perspective, hope, motivation, patience, desire for improvement...
i ended up having to kill some time tonight driving around provo and i found myself driving down the street where jon and i met 11 years ago. then i drove up to campus and past the buildings where i spent so much time agonizing over school to finally be done. ever since graduation i've always said i'd never go back and i pitied all those fools having to trudge back to classes semester after semester. but tonight it all changed.
i have sincere desires to go back. it all came together remembering my time teaching english in uganda and uruguay, teaching ESL at the MTC, and i know what i want to do. the girl who'd sworn off higher education for eternity is going back! figuring out the timing of this all has yet to be worked out, but i'll be that 30 something mother of 5 in class that you were always a little wary of, but who deep down was more like you than either one knew.
so here's to new love and all the happiness and hope it brings! i love you guys!
Whoa!!!!!!!!!!!!! Let me know what I can do to help. That's amazing!
ReplyDeleteTotally exciting! I want to go back someday, too. I'll be interested to hear your experiences.
ReplyDeleteBut what do you mean "mother of five"? Did I miss an announcement, or are you just projecting a few years into the future?
sorry to disappoint, but this post is DEFINITELY not an announcement...the timing of it all will probably just work out that we'll have 5 and be done when i finally go back :)
ReplyDeleteWelcome back to the world of blog. It is SO my turn to hang out with kids when you're in class and doing homework. I can't wait.
ReplyDeleteCongrats!
ReplyDeletePerhaps you can finish out my semester for me while I tend to my bambino? ;)
Good for you, I think you will make a fantastic teacher if you decide to go that route. I'm glad someone else asked the Mother of 5 question, I though I was just out of the loop.
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Callie Marie you are awesome, let me know what I can do to help. Now I have to transfer to BYU and take a class with you.... dang it. Ha ha
ReplyDeleteI wondered if that was a baby announcement too. :) I think you'll enjoy more schooling, and you'll probably still look like you're in your early-twenties so no one will even notice they should be wary of you.
ReplyDeleteWow Callie! This is awesome! Congrats and let me know if there is ANYTHING the Stevenson's can do to help out. This is inspiring!
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