Back in the day (we’re talking years here, people. like six), I used to have a blog. I blogged about every day things, but the majority of my stories had to do with my students and how funny they were. But one day, I quit blogging. There was never a reason – I just quit. The funny thing is those three years that I didn’t blog were probably most of the interesting years I had – both professionally and personally.

I kept looking for a reason to start blogging again, but I couldn’t find one. The things I would have blogged about before were gone. I was a teacher; I’m not anymore. I was a fiancee; I’m not anymore. I was a girl who thought she was in total control of her future; I’m not anymore. So what’s a girl to do? What’s a girl to blog about?

How about the family that held it together for her when she couldn’t? How about the friends who went out of their way to show their support? What about the subtle and not-so-subtle ways God made Himself known to draw a broken girl unto Him?

I find myself in a very different place than three years ago. Same family, same house, same school. Yet things are changing in a way that I cannot predict. I’m not a teacher anymore but I am an elementary principal (that in itself is a story. like woah). I’m not a fiancee anymore but I am someone who knows and has experienced God’s unfailing love. I’m not in control of my life, but I am someone who knows peace in her life – God’s unending and overwhelming peace. So I face 2014 with excitement and hope, uneasiness and frailness. And I put them in the hands of God who has proved Himself faithful.

And then I found myself.