Cottage (not) By The Sea

This is my little house. I love my house. It is a two bedroom cottage/bungalow. I have very close neighbors, but my house sits up on a hill.

If I close my eyes, I can almost imagine it is by the sea. I can hear the waves crashing on the shore. Since there are lots of trees across from me. Sometimes in my mind, it is my little cottage in the woods. Maybe Goldilocks will stop by for a visit.

Last summer, I went on vacation to Tybee Island, Ga. Some friends and I rented a house. We didn't stay in a cottage but the company has many. I love to read about all the fun cottages that they own and are constantly redecorating and remodeling.

You can too at http://www.mermaidcottages.com/. I have learned about a designer of cottages Jane Coslick(http://janecoslick.com/) and more recently The Lettered Cottage,http://www.theletteredcottage.net/. What inspiration!!

They are often decorating cottages which is so much fun. I dream of someday decorating another cottage maybe by the sea or just in Ohio.

Dawn

A Butcher, A Baker, A Candlestick Maker!

First of all this post is not about men in my life. It would be a very short post.

Instead, this post is about "What to do When I grow up?"

I know I am grown up, but I have never quite figured it out. Until I was twenty, I always wanted to be a doctor. Then I wanted to be in full time Christian work... then I have just had jobs. Not that I haven't learned tons and met great people through those experiences.

Two years ago, I went back to school to be a teacher. I am licensed to be a math and science teacher in high school or middle school. It seems like a good fit for me. I am now going back to school to renew my license, but I do not have a job.

I just want to do something that I am passionate about. I want to go to work excited. I want to be challenged, I want to be creative, I want to make a difference in the life of those around me.

I want to be the best Dawn I can be.

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Becoming Dawn

I love Jane Austen.

I love her books. I love the characters. I love the movies that are based on books. Mostly I love the idea that a simple woman who never married impacted the world so much that hundreds of years later--she is loved my so many.

In the last few years, I have seen a few movies about her life. I'm not sure I loved the movies. I do love the title of "Becoming Jane". I saw it on my 40th birthday. What happened in her life to make her write books. How did her simple country life impact so many. How does she understand people so well?

Because I have those thoughts, I want to explore that journey in my own life. Who is God molding me to be? Why am I single and in my 40s? What do random events in my life mean for me, for those I know and for the world around me? How will I be remembered? Am I "faithful servant" as Jesus says? Do I deserve his praise?

So come along with me and let's journey together to become the best "Dawn" or whomever you can be?