Check out the latest in our adoption process: http://ping.fm/OT6Qu

Just posted another adoption blog update. http://ping.fm/hTI48 Check it out and pass it on!

Another Whitfield adoption update! http://ping.fm/m7hiI

Please pray for Hunter Ferrell. The Little Man is not doing well and in the hospital.

Time for another adoption update! http://ping.fm/K1BQ4

We have an update on our possible match. http://ping.fm/8KPxB

Here’s an update on our garage sale/fundraiser for the adoption: http://ping.fm/Wr7Nk

Talkin’ about New Colors. http://ping.fm/INEYU

Ch-ch-ch-changes in course. http://ping.fm/Bj0eD

A Change In Course

People who know me know that I’m a driven, goal-oriented person. When I jump into something, I give it my all. As a Christian, I believe that giving your best in anything you do is the right thing to do. And, as a Christian journalist, I have always felt that it was my calling to communicate truth.

I have also never been one to shy away from the spotlight. We could psychoanalyze that for a while but it wouldn’t make a difference. The older I get though, the less I feel the need to be the center of everything. And the older I get the better I listen – to God!

There has never been any doubt that God called me to become a writer/journalist. As I look back on the past 10-plus years, I can see His hand clearly in everything in my life, including 9/11. Today, I am a better person because of all of it. I have struggled for the last year or so with the whole writing part of my life. There have been times I simply didn’t want to write. I felt anxious, pressure to write and to write well. For the longest time, I couldn’t figure out why I just dreaded doing what I love to do so much.

And then I listened! God has changed my heart! He hasn’t completely taken away my desire to write but He has shown me what I need to be doing with my life instead of building a business centered on writing. Today, my greatest desire is to be a mommy. That is how I will leave my greatest legacy.

Today, I no longer desire to be a successful business woman. In fact, I don’t even want to be in business! I no longer desire to be in the spotlight with my award-winning, best-selling book. I no longer feel the need to prove everyone else wrong about their politics and religion (even if they are wrong!) through my writing. I do still want to tell everyone about Jesus Christ, but perhaps I’m just the seed planter, or the water-er.

These days my life is filled to the brim with hopefullness in the adoption process. We’re planning our garage sale which will be our first big fundraiser. We’re painting the guest bedroom and preparing it to become a nursery. We’re reorganizing other bedrooms to accommodate for guests, an office, and Kurt’s man-cave. We’re thinking of baby names and wondering how the dog and cat will react with a newborn in the house.

I haven’t entirely shut the door on Fletcher Communications or on the writing world. I still have a couple of clients but I will no longer be actively building the business or seeking out new projects or clients. I’m still available to lend a hand to my networking and social media buddies. But there’s a change in course now. This is my life, and I am well pleased!