09/04/2026
Because I always have a story to tell. 😅 Wouldn’t be me if I wasn’t documenting and archiving moments. So, here we go…
This cover is from Fall 2017 at Spring Arbor University, and memories like this remind me just how far I’ve come.
After being a stay at home mom for over a decade (granted, I did A LOT of things outside of that too 😂), I graduated from SAU in 2014 with my undergraduate degree in Social Work. Fresh out of college, SAU gave me my first opportunity to work in higher education.
From there, the journey was anything but a straight line. In Michigan, I did community work, worked in traditional ministry, served as a geriatric social worker, moved more deeply into communications, and later returned to SAU to earn my master’s degree in Communication. Ministry leadership has also been part of my life since I was a young adult in my early 20s.
My higher education career eventually continued at other institutions in Michigan, and after our family moved to Tennessee, at the University of Tennessee and now Johnson University.
And somehow, I’m a student AGAIN.😆 Yeah, I have issues…ha! School just keeps calling, I guess.
But there’s something about leading while learning that has become an important part of my journey. I don’t believe leadership means you ever arrive at a place where there’s nothing left to learn. I’m leading, growing, stretching, studying, and still allowing God to develop me along the way.
Life looks so much different now than it did when this cover was published in 2017, but I can see how the pieces connect.
Social work. Ministry. Communications. Leadership. Christian higher education. None of it has been wasted.
And if I’ve learned anything, it’s this: don’t let anyone tell you what you should or shouldn’t be doing when you’ve heard clearly from God. Move how He guides you to move.
The world will put plenty of pressure on you to move a certain way, speak a certain way, lead a certain way, or follow a timeline that makes sense to everyone else. Don’t allow those external pressures to dictate your journey.
We all have a role to play. We all have an assignment. And everybody’s journey won’t look the same.
Stay faithful to what God has called YOU to do.
The fruit of your life will be evident.
Looking back at moments like this simply reminds me that God has been faithful through every season…and apparently, He’s not done with the school part yet. 😅 📖
