Uncharted Territory.

So the story continued for the awkward girl, too skinny and too tall, as she found herself entering uncharted territory, public high school.  She remembers the embarrassment she felt shopping at Walmart for new school clothes upon entry to her new school. She remembers seeing the popular girls, with their bright colors and tight fitting clothes. She remembers perfume and perfectly straightened hair. She knew she wasn’t one of them. A little voice inside told her she wasn’t one of them. But she tried her best to beat that voice down any chance she could.  

She never received the attention that she saw the pretty girls receive. She didn’t go to school dances, and she certainly never went to prom. She spent her high school years feeling suffocated, like there was a person inside her that way dying to come up for air. Inside, she knew she was alive. Inside, she knew she had a world to offer. Inside she knew she was beautiful.

She went through the motions for those four years. She busied herself with volleyball, and even found out she was pretty good at it. By her junior year she was a varsity starter. She always did well in school. She minded her manners and never stepped out of bounds. She was in church every Sunday and usually a second time during the week as well. Yet something was missing. She hadn’t found her voice.

A few more days passed, and it was time to think about college. She was the first in her family to attend college. The only problem was that there wasn’t money for college. There was barely enough money for bills. But they repeated what they had been saying for her whole life, ‘trust God because God takes care of us’.

 And so they did.

 And with the letter of acceptance into college,

Also came a job for him that would triple his salary,

Making college affordable.