Life and Travels...

I realized I have not updated my blog in almost 5 months!!! I have been soaking life in here, in NYC, one can easily lose sight of many things. NYC is a vivacious city that has a never ending heartbeat.

The last couple of months have been a journey. God has really been using this time to shape me and to strengthen my character. For two months this summer I worked at Westpoint Military Base representing LIS. LIS is the translation company I work for in the area of arabic translation. I learned so much about myself, about others, the US Army, and I learned more and more about God. It was difficult, it was not an easy journey. However, I know I am the type of learner that needs things in my face to understand it, internalize it and implement it in my life. Without going into details, I learned to be more reserved with allowing "friends" into my life. The world can be a dark place and many people have everything BUT your best interest in mind. Learning who I can trust and who I can't was a big lesson. Thus, I am stronger through it and my true friends surfaced amid the clouds of confusion. In bittersweet news, I lost both my grandmas within a span of one month. One month prior to that I lost my uncle to cancer. So in 3 months I lost 3 members of my family. Two of them I lost to cancer and the other one to dementia. It has been hard to deal with because my grandma who died of cancer was my second mother. She was everything amazing in life. I am honored to have known a woman as selfless as her. A woman that loved no matter who tried to bring her down, she loved anyways. So the last 3 months have been overwhelming and I have been trying to stay afloat. I tell you though nothing screams "live everyday like your last" until you are at a funeral looking at the cold dead body of the once lively and passionate person that you loved.

Grad School. Well I got accepted to Grad School. The New School accepted me into their MS Urban Policy and Management Program. Fantastic private school and program, however it is $60k for the MS for two years. So after the deaths in my family, I decided to take some time to heal. Take some time to wait on God and see what he opens for me. I felt a heavy burden about the New School so I am waiting of God to see what else he presents. I applied to Hunter College as well, I find out in November if I am accepted or not to start Spring 2010. It would be a MS in Urban Affairs with a concentration in Policy and Non Profits. It would cost a lot less and I would be able to obtain my Masters in an intense year program. So we shall see...

In current affairs, I am off to Turkey and Lebanon tomorrow. I am thrilled!!! I will be exploring Turkey, solo, and visiting Lebanon for the first time. I can hardly wait. It is a much needed vacation. I love to travel and explore this incredible world God has cultivated. I am looking forward to growing more in my character and becoming more and more the woman I am intended to be....

I will be updating this more often, so stay tuned....