AUBURN's Most Important Lesson

It's been a long time since I posted to this little blog o' mine (a year, in fact) and so much has changed  in my world that I can hardly believe it! As I watched my beloved Auburn Tigers win the SEC championship last night, I realized that I have learned a lot since this time in 2012.... and that the path I have traveled in the last 12 months was very much like the one the "AU 2013 Team of Destiny" has gone down. I know, I know.....a bit dramatic....but true none the less!
2013 has been one of the hardest years of my life.... But it has turned out to be one of the best as well...who knew???

SO, what has changed??? .....I hear you asking...... Well, first of all, this time last year my Tigers (or War Eagles as my friend Jill calls them) couldn't win a game against a peewee football team.....and today, I have been planning my trip to California to watch my team play in the BCS Championship game. Against all odds and world full of folks that said AU football is an oxymoron...we did it!!!!

Secondly.... After working in the same school district for almost 2 decades, I knew it was a time for a change, but I just wasn't sure exactly what that change would be. Throughout the process I thought I knew what I wanted to be when I "grew up" but God had a better plan (although this was news to me)! When doors were shut in my face I was devastated and for the first time in my life I began to question my ability. I was also facing health issues.... And to make a long story short.... I lost hope and no longer believed in me. This was so not my nature.... and I wasn't very good at feeling sorry for myself and embracing my pity party.

SO, I put my big girl pants back on.... and again, to make a long story short... trusted that it was all in God's hands and all would work out! I regained my joy and my belief in my ability.

On August 16, 2013 I began on my new career path as the director of the Inservice center for Region 9 ....and my new employer is Auburn University. If someone would have let me create a job that is EXACTLY suited for me, I couldn't have done better! I LOVE what I do and still can't believe how blessed I am.

When it was time for me to choose a college, we lived outside the US. So, my parents said that I could go anywhere...out of country is out of country ...so it was up to me. I chose Auburn. I have 3 degrees from AU, I live in Auburn, and I now work for AU..... and life couldn't be better!

"Auburn is so much more than a city or a school or a team or a degree. It is something that, once you have experienced it, will live inside of you forever and become a part of what makes up who you are...."

The lesson here is this.... If you have the talent, work as hard as you can, and believe in yourself and know that you WILL succeed.... Especially when NOBODY ELSE believes it..... a miraculous thing can happen!!! It's not luck or a fluke..... It is AUBURN!!!! WDE!!!