There's A Bright Side

Coming back to Cedar has been a bumpy transition, but there was this moment tonight-this moment where I was surrounded by people I love, looking at a perfect starry sky during a meteor shower, feeling the warmth of a fire, and listening to one of my favorite voices sing an original song-at that moment I felt more peace than I have in a long, long time.

And I knew Cedar was exactly where I was suppossed to be.

SUU Round Two

So I flew up to SLC and rocked the interview. Then I drove to Cedar City and rocked another interview. But I felt worse about both jobs after the interviews. I tried not to think about it which was easy because as soon as my second interview was over I jumped into helping with one of my favorite events, The Utah Summer Games Opening Ceremonies. I loved it, I loved helping, I love being back with a great crew, and I completely ignored the decisions looming in front of me. 

Then as the night was coming to a close I saw Provost Brad Cook, and not knowing that I was in Cedar for a job interview he asked "what do we have to do to get you back on campus?" I started to tell him about my job options and the graduate internship I'd been offered at SUU. The internship was my last choice. It would be advising the Student Activities Board, which I would love, but I'd be a poor college student again and that wasn't a sacrifice I was ready to make. Then Brad said something I'll never forget:

"If you make the sacrifice now to get your Master's degree you will never regret it."

And as he said that, the still small voice inside my soul said "amen."

So a week later I packed up my car and moved back to Cedar City. In the fall I'll start my Masters of Public Administration with an emphasis in Student Services. I've spent the last month working with the Student Activities Board and Marketing team and I've already learned so much through the eyes of an adviser. Did I think I would be here? Of course not. But The Lord works in mysterious ways.