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| Image by Ralph Daily via Flickr |
As I write this I am sitting in Church Street Coffee & Books where I just finished up a photo shoot.
As a former full-time journalist I have been part of dozens, maybe hundreds, of photo shoots. But I was always there to be the assistant to the photographer who had been assigned to a story I'd written. But for this photo shoot I was actually in front of the camera. One of my favorite magazines is planning to publish a story about me and the work I do for See Jane Write.
This feels surreal. Honestly, I've been a bit overwhelmed by all the amazing things that have been happening to me lately because of See Jane Write.
Last Sunday, for example, Wade Kwon showed up at See Jane Write's Bloggers Who Brunch. At the end of the brunch he gave away two free passes to the social media and corporate storytelling conference Y'all Connect. One pass went to a lucky Jane whose name was randomly pulled. The other pass went to me to congratulate me on the success See Jane Write has experienced during its two years of existence. I was as excited as a kid on Christmas Eve.
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| Katie of Hems for Her and I showing off our Y'all Connect passes! |
And, of course, the magazine I've wanted to start since I was 15 years old is finally going to happen this summer. Just as See Jane Write Birmingham seeks to inspire and empower women in my city, See Jane Write Magazine will seek to inspire and empower women writers all over the world.
I look back at the third paragraph of this post and notice that I wrote that these things are happening to me because of See Jane Write, and that is partially true. But I am a woman of faith and thus I believe these things are happening to me because God has blessed me with so many great opportunities. So today, I'm counting my blessings and today I am filled with optimism that this is just the beginning.
And I leave you with a piece of Scripture that I call my life verse and that seems quite apropos as I'm on the brink of seeing my dreams come to fruition:
“Consecrate yourselves, for tomorrow the Lord will do amazing things among you.”
- Joshua 3:5
I hope that today you believe amazing things are in store for you too.
I can't wait for the conference and to see the progress of your magazine this summer! You truly are inspirational- both professionally and spiritually. Have a great Monday!
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