A Fresh Start

From a very young age I always dreamt of moving away. I imagined looking out the window from my place of residence and admiring the beautiful Golden Gate Bridge in San Francisco. Why California you ask? No real reason besides the fact that I’m a sucker for scenic views and breath taking nature. My mom never understood my desire to grow up and relocate far away — she almost thought I didn’t care about family but that was far from true. 

You see, I’d been in Newark my whole life and as cliche as it sounds I wanted to spread my wings and fly. My heart just knew there was more to life than what I was exposed to. I needed to see this more! More than drugs, more than poverty, more than seeing my peers dying young. 

It later became a distant dream, sometimes I wondered if my desire would happen through studying abroad when I enrolled back into college or if it was a choice Id make later in life when I was established. Neither happened! Because God had better plans in mind. 

If you told 17 year old me that I’d get married at 25 move to Texas at the age of 26 and give birth to a son, I wouldn’t have been able to fathom it. I mean talk about transition! Truly when the Bible says HIS ways are not our ways and HIS thoughts are higher than our own, I get it. 

Texas was the fresh start I needed in 2022. While Texas doesn’t have the ocean, mountains & that Golden Gate Bridge that California has; Texas is Home. I knew from the moment we landed here, as I always say — the sun just shined different. I appreciate the genuine connections and community I’ve been able to build here and this has been one of those transitions that has felt like a breath of fresh air.

What door or transition have you dreamed about? What does it look and feel like? Now imagine that plus God giving you 100x better! 

Eye has not seen, nor ear heard, Nor have entered into the heart of man The things which God has prepared for those who love Him. 

1 Corinthians 2:9