Unanswered Prayers

 "Remember when you're talkin to the man upstairs that just because he may not answer doesn't mean he don't care.  Some of God's greatest gifts are unanswered prayers."  Lyrics to Unanswered Prayers by Garth Brooks

And that is just the song I sang to myself when I did not get accepted to the MFA program in creative writing at SNHU.

Let me back up...picture this...a young, little Kim sitting on her deck in the hot summer sun reading Judy Blume books one after the other.  Enter her Nana asking, "What do you want to be when you grow up?"  Looking up over the book wide eyed and without missing a beat, little Kim answers, "A writer."

Ahhh, a fond memory indeed.  Dear reader now can you hear the breaks of life coming to a screeching halt...that is twists and turns, ups and downs of life getting in the way of my young self's dream.  Walk with me now as I finally take the plunge into applying for that MFA.  Sweat drips off my brow as I hit send.  Waiting for the call with unsettled fear and hope.  When finally it arrives.  I hear the words, "You did not get accepted."  OUCH.

But wait, I start to sing.  It's a song of a secret.  That sometime things don't happen for a reason.  My ego was hurt but deep with in I knew it was supposed to be this way.  My little kid dream of being that writer is not gone.  In fact with this happening it has fueled my fire with more ferocity.  I'm now on a mission to become that writer.  And nothing will stop me.

Everything, I believe, happens or doesn't happen for a reason.  It all comes down to perseverance and grit.  Do you have what it takes to get IT done?  You do!  Reach inside yourself and find it.  Then go and make IT happen.

CHEERS TO REVIN UP.