This I believe..

Song: Need to Breathe, Something Beautiful. (2009)
Photos: Katherine Justice.personal

I believe that my life is telling a story. From the time I was a teen I had a vision of what I wanted in life and where I thought my steps would lead. One year on a vacation with my aunt to the Upper Peninsula of Michigan we had plenty of time to discuss what I believed my life would be like. I began talking to her about what my passion was which was the fashion industry but how I was unable to draw and sew. As she listened to me talk about what really made me happy she says to me “Katie, you know that you could go into the buying end of retail, right?” this area would allow you to work with fashion and not construct, sew, or draw. It was from that vacation on that I decided that I could work in the same field that I was truly passionate about. I believe that God had his hand in my life from that vacation to the next time this subject began to come up. I was finishing up my last year of High School and deciding on where I wanted to attend college. I knew what I wanted to major in but had no idea where I wanted to go to school. As I went on visits places in Chicago and Bloomington neither settled right with me. After my Ai Indy visit I knew it was the perfect “fit” for me.

            It was a Sunday night a few weeks before I was scheduled to leave and I was nervous, as any high school graduate is about leaving for school, and I was at Church listening to a message about believing that God is always there and how he has a plan for everyone. I began to get a sense of fear that maybe I wasn’t making the right decision or maybe there was a place better for me when I went up to the alter to just  weep and pray asking God if I was choosing the path he had already started for me. As I am standing there I feel a strong hand on my shoulder and my uncle praying over me and he said “God is already setting the stage in Indianapolis, for you”. I began to weep because there was finally a peace about what I had been feeling. I believe that there is always an answer for your question, always a shoulder for your tears, always a light at the end of a dark tunnel, and always a path set forth by your creator for you.

            Looking forward I believe that my path and my beliefs are telling a story about me. My personality traits, my talents, and my connections were all a part of what I was created to do and although sometimes I feel that I screw up and say the wrong things, I know it is only because I am human, God is still working in my life and on my path to mold me into the woman, creator, and worker he has set forth for me to be.