I realized today how very lucky i am to do what i do. I spent copious time online, mostly hitting the refresh button on Facebook, admiring other people’s lives, wishing i could be like them. And then it hit me today – i am doing pretty darn well for myself in my own life. It’s not glamorous (yet!), and i don’t get to wear pretty costumes anymore, or spend time journeying through the eye of life, but i do get to meet my heroes and write about things that are important to me and to be instrumental in real change – actual change in material realities of some of the most marginalized people (in this city, any way).

By the end of this summer, i will have four papers in for review for publication, will have two collaborative research projects posted with the city and one collaborative online learning program posted. There are three incredible things within this:

1. people have enough faith to invite me to work on their projects

2. i am actually doing collaborative work – not lone scholarly work

3. three things that i will have completed will have real and direct impact on people’s lives

It occurred to me today just how very lucky and with what grace i’ve been gifted! I am the luckiest girl i know. So three years in i do have something to show for all my hard work!