A coworker once told me that Kindergarten was fun...but exausting. I couldn't agree more as I reflect on the past few days. Life has been a bit overwhelming playing catch up and realizing how far I have to go to these kids up to par. At the same time I've been struck at how much they need my prayer. Each one is so special, but many have been handed such challenges.

Between that and graduate school, the obstacles I face this year seem a bit overwhelming. Especially when it comes to paying for graduate school! I feel like God gave me a big moral boost today, however. I was muddling my way down to BSU to begin looking at scholarships to help me through. The employee was walking me through the process when I questioned her about a form my advisor told me about. She showed me a webpage and explained how this was the most likely the form referenced, but that very few people ever received scholarships from this particular sponsor. "These often go unused because so few people qualify. They are for people like cancer survivors..." I literally jumped with hand raised waving in the air (I've been around Kindergarteners too long) "That's me!" I shouted.

I nearly burst into tears of joy after the encounter. I've often wondered why I had cancer. It wasn't a huge deal in my life, but an inconvenient one! Not to mention the cloud that hung over my head for years wondering if it would come back. It may be that God just had an amazing plan and was taking care of me all along.

God has truly been amazing, and I've often found myself singing the past few days..."God will make a way, when there seems to be no way."

By the way: the marathon pics are posted. The huge smile on my face isn't because I was feeling so wonderful...but rather the improtu sprint that took place at the end. Another guy and I were both shuffling along the last quarter mile when I posed the challenge: "Comon, let's finish strong." I picked up the pace and he followed suit. Before you know it we were both in a full sprint to the finish. I couldn't help laugh over how crazy we were. By the way, he won the sprint!
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