I’ve been around housing and construction since I was a small girl. I can remember my dad teaching me how to use a hammer when I was maybe 5. I even have a picture of that day. Me sitting with a hammer in hands, hammering away on a piece of wood. On Saturdays when I was a teenager driving, I’d drive around and go inside the homes in my area that were open, just so I could look inside. I know, weird for a teenager. But, I loved it and can still remember the dreams of living in one.
I got into the medical field when I was in my mid to late 20’s. It was a steady job and one that I loved for the time I was there. Near the end, I felt compelled to leave. Leaving a job isn’t easy when you have several mouths to feed and your family depends on your income. We have to survive on both our incomes, so leaving and having a gap of employment was extremely scary. I remember vividly one day in the kitchen Jeremy and I are talking. I can see exactly where I was standing that day like it was yesterday. He asks me why I dont try and do real estate again. I had tried when I was around the age of 19, but failed the test by one point. I never tried again. I told him, he was crazy. No way. Its fully commission and way to risky.
As the days went by, the more and more I thought about his suggestion. And in mid summer of 2019, I began classes. I told my boss the first of December I was leaving, gave him a three week notice and on December 19th, left. I cried all the way to my car. Leaving a job after so long can be really difficult. I walked that path to and from work for 15 years, every week day. And I was leaving my best friend at the time, Marybeth. All very difficult.
The day I left, I had no job. I walked through the threshold of that office, to a world unknown to me. It was one of the scariest days of my life. I came home to a family that needed me more than ever, and I needed them just as much. I can remember the girls asking me and Jeremy one day while we were hiking, if we were going to be poor. In all honesty and sincerity, they wanted to know. Neither Jeremy or myself, have never not had a job. This was unchartered waters for us, and they were well of age to know what was going on. I remember telling them that we trusted God, and that He instructed me to leave and that He would take care of us.
On the day I was planned to take my test, we drove down to Savannah, and I took it there. I was so nervous and the anxiety of me failing when I was a teenager came rushing back. I forgot my calculator and Jeremy had to drive back to get it to me. I felt in my mind I was doomed. After the test, I walk back into the room where they print the results, and there were two ladies sitting there. They both said I passed. I couldn’t believe it. I went to the bathroom of that testing facility, closed the stall door and cried my eyes out. Just me and God, right there in the Savannah testing facility. I walked outside and spotted Jeremy and the girls in the parking lot. They have the windows down and Sam holds a thumbs up and a thumbs down. I smiled and gave a thumbs up. They all three were yelling and laughing. As I type this blog, I’m crying. I can still feel the excitement and joy of my girls faces. The smile on my husbands face.
They believed in me.
To this day, I have never in my entire life, trusted God as much as I did during this time. Covid happened, the real estate market went insane and I never missed another game for my girls. My first year of real estate was a little wonky, but since 2020 and until now, God is truly been faithful. He has blessed our family so much, and Im finally able to do something that I love and enjoy. Everyday.
I’ll share two pictures with you. The first picture is the day after I took my test. It’s the moss hanging from the trees, in a place that is so beautiful to me, St Simons. The second picture is one of my girls. This picture was taken that night of me taking my test. The day I passed.
They’re the reason I worked so hard. They were the reason I pushed through until 12am, 1am and sometimes 2am and 3am while I was still working and doing my online class at night. They were the reason I knew, it had to work.
And my husband, he was my rock. He was my rock then, now and forever.
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