COVID IN KENTUCKY....PART I
February 7, 2020....I'm travelling pretty late, on my way to Hopkinsville, KY, which is about 40 miles outside of Nashville, TN. My loving cousin, Monica is gracious enough to let me stay with her. I had just packed up and moved from Southwest, Virginia. I took a leap of faith back in 2016 and resigned from my teaching position. I needed some change. Not knowing what in world would happen next, and at the suggestion of my father, I moved back to where it all began. I worked several odd jobs over a three year period and learned some amazing skills. I just had to let go and let god lead me on this journey.
When I first moved back to Virginia, I took some time off from working and didnt end up being employed until 2017. I wasn't quite ready to hang up my teaching hat just yet. I took over an English position for a teacher who was about to have major surgery. This would be a temporary position with a full time salary so I was quite excited to get started. I definetely needed the money. This job ended up lasting from March to May of 2017. I made some new teacher friends, swapped fashion ideas and prayerfully, got to make a small impact in some 5th graders little lives.
Soon after that short stint at Norton Elementary school as an English teacher, I had a pretty lengthy conversation through text with a dear friend of mine. She had just relocated herself so she understood the struggle. I told her that I no longer thought I wanted to teach. She said, based on my feelings that she didn't think that teaching was my calling and that I was placed in teaching to touch lives. 'You have to walk into your calling...' she said. and 'God is trying to take you higher, just trust him!' Such a powerful exchange of words that day.
After feverishly looking for work after that teaching gig, I was hired to work at a very fruitful call center not too far away from my house. This was in September of 2017. I took the rest of 2017 to get some health issues straight and worked out consistently until I dropped 50+ pounds. Now both physically and mentally healthy, I was ready to take on the demands of a call center opportunity. This job helped me in so many ways, primarily, how to mentally prepare me for my future. It was a very tough and grueling job. I worked digitally on fixing customers' failing Quickbooks accounts. The days were long but I learned how to persevere. I left Sykes in November of 2018. That same month, I took a nonprofit position as a Parent Aide helping at risk parents and children. I literally worked less that 25 hours a week. And in January of 2019, I was hired at H and R Block as an Office Manager. I worked up until April 2019 and little did I know, all of these previous jobs were preparing me for my destiny!!!
Cue the old saying, when we make our own plans...God laughs!
To Be Continued...
