Adventures On Sugar Maple: MRS, MSW & MOM

I wanted to write an update about something I have been going through recently. As many of you know I am currently finishing up my degree in social work (as in I get hooded May 4th!). I already had a BSW and now I will have an MSW. Of course, the most important titles I have right now are MRS & MOM but I am currently seeking opportunities to use my MSW. I have had several people ask me, of course because I'm graduating, what is next or if I have a job lined up or what i WANT to do. These questions seems so plain and simple but in actuality they are complex and unanswerable at this time. The process of getting my masters degree, actually being accepted into the program, was quick and definitely NOT what I wanted. As a matter of fact, when I would sit in my senior sw classes at Columbia College we would receive information about continuing onto the MSW program at USC. I would literally give all the materials handed out back because I did NOT want to do it. I was at the point where I didn't even want to do social work. However, in June 2009 as I was sitting in my office at the time an urge came over me to contact the people at USC and see about the program. After that contact, I was starting the program less than 2 months later. My point in sharing that was to say- after years of pushing it away I am now graduating with that degree and it is for a reason. I believe I needed that degree to pursue whatever it is God has planned for my life. SO I have really been practicing my patience, something I struggle with in every aspect of my life, and I've just been praying that God would direct my path. I am incredibly blessed that our livelihood does not depend on my income so I do have the opportunity to wait patiently and rely on God. I am learning so much, personally, about dependence on God to reveal His plan in His perfect timing. Today, my pastor called me after I sent him a text about ways to get more involved at church and we are praying about some things. After our conversation, Miss O blessed me with a short nap so I could crack open my bible and read:

Commit your way to the Lord; trust in him and he will do this: He will make your righteousness shine like the dawn, the justice of your cause like the noonday sun. Be still before the Lord and wait patiently for him; do not fret when men succeed in their ways... (Psalm 37:5-7)

So if you are a prayin' person, feel free to pray for this plan I'm waiting for to be revealed to me and that I'd have my eyes open to see it clearly. If you're not a prayin' person- you should start... and not for my sake but for your own. So with all that said... here are some pictures of my sweetness, Miss O. We have been going through a growth spurt again- lots of eating and sleeping. I'll take it (the sleep that is)! :)