changes...

Lately, as in about a month, I have decided that I do not wish to do photography full time anymore. Don't get me wrong.. I will still take pictures because I love it, and I will still do family portraits and senior pictures... But after this year I don't think I will do another wedding. It is not for me.

So now what? Well.. that is what I have been asking God for awhile. And through many people and through my own clarity, I have heard "counseling" being whispered. I have always thought I could be some sort of therapist... but I love my art as well and really thought I would help people come closer to God with that. So I thought being an Art Director in a church would be ideal... except.. how do you go to school for that?
It wasn't until my friend Aby Lee mentioned Art Therapy... when something inside me clicked and I got really excited. Using art to help others understand their own emotions/feelings.. well, that is kinda what I was envisioning. So.... yes please?

Anyways, one of my favorite professors' wife is an Art Therapist... oh the irony. So he hooked me up with some info on what I would have to do. And of course I will have to go to grad school, and SIUE actually offers a masters in Art Therapy. It is like Art + Psychology.. and that means a lot more psych classes for me! But that is fine, psychology of the human mind captivates me...

So I have been praying about this for awhile.. I am really sick of making decisions these days.. but so far all signs have been pointing me towards this. so... yikes. Grad School? I always made fun of people for wanting to go two more years than they have to. But honestly, I don't feel adequate enough to be in the real world yet, anyways. And I want a career that I can use my God given gifts in the best. so..

yup. another life change for me.