New Chapter

Last month, I did something some have called exciting and energizing and others have called scary and gutsy.  After 12 1/2 years on a job that I have loved more than I could have imagined, I gave my notice.  Today was my last day.  I decided that it was time to stop ignoring the nudges I had been feeling for the past couple of years and to indulge in my dream to become a freelance writer, editor, speaker and public relations consultant.  Admittedly, I considered my decision carefully and prayerfully for months and months, but the appeal of following my heart finally won out.  When I took my position as the director of a brand new healthcare foundation 12 1/2 years ago, never in my dreams had I realized how much it would work its way into my heart, my values matching with the organization's, our foundation's work meaningful to me.  During my tenure there, I have worked with amazing and giving people.  I have met kind, caring and generous folk whose passions match mine.  However, with an increasing awareness of how fragile and fleeting life can be, I am now pursuing my dream.  I want to make sure that when all is said and done, I won't leave this life regretting that I didn't just try it, even if only for a while.  In the short term, I will be blogging more often again, working on an e-book that has been simmering in my imagination, and writing and editing for others.  It'll be a grand adventure, the turning of a new chapter in my book of life.