Today I took the kids to BYU to walk around campus a little bit, and see if I could help Jessica (my oldest) get some applications in for school. It is so hard for me to believe that in just a few short weeks she will be moving away. It just makes me cry to even think about it! (little sob!)
At any rate, we drove down there (BYU) today and she had the opportunity to meet her new roommate and spend some time getting to know her and the campus. I took the opportunity to take the other (six) kids and show them around campus a bit. I showed them the bell tower where my husband and I kissed for the very first time. It had been a little awkward I remember, not having been very experienced in kissing boys, and he having just returned from a two year mission to Tempe, Arizona. The kids wanted to know where it happened and where we were sitting. It was fun to show them.
After walking around the extended Harold B. Library (wow, that place is amazing!) we met up with Jessica and her friend in the Wilk. She was in the Student Employment Center looking at all the job opportunities there were. She was overwhelmed. I looked over at the jobs and saw two that caught my eye- working at the Cougar Eat and working at the Creamery (a grocery store/ice cream shop right near where she will be living). I told her those were the two to try for. We filled out an application, and she left a carefully prepared resume with each of them. At the cougar Eat, they told us jobs were going fast, and that she would need to hurry if she was to be considered.
Within an hour, they called up and asked for an interview. She got a job working at the busiest Subway in the world (at the Cougar Eat at BYU)! I’m so thrilled for her. It is SUCH an answer to prayer.
I’m amazed at how the Lord answers our prayers. For periods of time, God seems to just let us struggle, worry and wonder about what we’re supposed to do, just giving us a hint of the path that we’re supposed to be on, and only when we keep following down that path does the way seem more clear, and he helps us understand, and see that He is in the plan. Today was another of those days.
This summer, I have been learning so much. I keep thinking back to how this year started- a hint of what I should work on this year. Making videos. I took the leap of faith, and made that first one- very aware of how darkly lit, unprofessional, and that I had NO idea of what I was doing or what direction I was headed in.
This led to me discovering a ton of things about life missions, how to enjoy motherhood, and who my audience really is. There’s SO much I have learned that I can not even begin to share it all, but I can finally say that the path is more clear, and that I can see the hand of the Lord in my purpose and mission.
This summer has been a wonderful one with my family and children. I am finally learning HOW to enjoy being a mother. It was so hard for me before. It’s not nearly as hard as it use to be. I’ve got less than one month before all my kids will be back in school. My oldest will be away at college. I will have tons of time then to go back to projects and movies, and videos and sharing more of what I have learned, but for now, I am ENJOYING. Everything.