Life..

Today has been such a whirlwind of a day. I found out that I won't be offered the position at a University that I interviewed with. This was actually kind of a relief because they made the decision for me. I had been toggling back and forth on what I would do had I been their choice. I have a good job, I don't LOVE my job and I don't HATE coming to it either, so I applied just to see what would happen. 6hrs of an interview, 4 thank you letters, and 2 weeks of waiting later, they let me know that they decided to go with the other candidate that they interviewed. They were impressed with me, praised my strong credentials, and only brought in me and the other person to interview for the position which had been open since June. Even though I wasn't sure what was going to happen with this position, I am somewhat disappointed that I didn't get to make the choice to say yes or no. I was fascinated with the possibilities of the opportunities that would come but at the same time reserved because I have my own business plans for my life. I'm realizing that I'm an entrepreneur at heart. I guess owning and operating a consulting firm and a non-profit organization didn't raise red flags for me..ha ha My life tends to run around my job(s) maybe this door closing was God's way of telling me to be patient where I am..



Sadly today I was informed that one of my good friends that I went to LSU with died yesterday. She was running in the Dallas Marathon collapsed, went into cardiac arrest and was later pronounced dead. http://www.chron.com/disp/story.mpl/metropolitan/6164680.html

Erin was married and is 29 years old. Today my mind has been remembering all of the fun times I had with her while we were at LSU. We were friends and we were sisters bonded through music. She was super funny man. Always had a smile on her face, full of joy and laughter and life. I was so not prepared to hear that she died, not that we're ever prepared to hear of someone dying, but she had run marathons before, had been doing everything "right", working with a trainer, running coach, nutritionist the whole 9..I've never had a good friend die. I'm not good at emotions and this kinda stuff, today has been so surreal, like seriously, dead, gone. This is one of those things in life that I don't think I'll ever understand. I do know that God is still God and He is still in control. Erin was truly a blessing to me and my life and I know for sure that there are countless others who can say the same. I praise God for Erins life and for the joy that she brought into mine.

Also today I got word from one of my bffs that her daughter Alysha (I've mentioned her before) who has been battling Cancer, body has accepted her cells. She's been going through her last rounds of Chemo and had a bone marrow transplant. Her system accepting her cells is GREAT news!! Her ANC is 900 and when they get to 2000 they get to leave St. Jude in Memphis and finish out treatments at the Ronald McDonald House. She is essentially in remission and can get back to a "normal" life for a 6 year old. Praise God for her healing and her life, through all of this she has been so strong. The last few weeks have been super hard on her and on my friend. I'm thankful that things are starting to turn around.

At one end of the spectrum life was taken so sudden and at the other end Alysha has been fighting for her for months, and there was a time where doctors didn't think she would make it. Life is so short and not promised to any of us, but at the end of the day, God has a plan for us all and He knows why things happen even when we can't grasp it.

Please keep Erin Krielow Lahrs husband Jeff and her parents and brother in your prayers.

Brown...out!