Over the past few years I have had several conversations about trying to explain what I do for a living and how I started. It is tricky answer for both of those questions and I do not really have the right answers for my "title" just yet but due to a recent comment here on a old post, I was reminded of something I already knew just forgot to remember.
The following post was from 2009:
When people ask what you "Do for a Living" do they really want to know what you "do" or do they want to know what you do to "make money?" I have to admit that I have been guilty of the "money thought" BUT from that guilty action, I learned the best lesson.
Recently, I met someone new and they told me that they were a Lawyer. I immediately thought "Oh, she must make a lot of money." Then I get to know this person better & learn more of her story and see what an incredible difference her job has made for people because of her faith & morals.
WOW.
It immediately reminded me that it does not matter what people "do" as much as it matters what people "do."
When people ask me what I "do" for a living, I have always tripped over my answer.
I have always done "whatever it takes" so that I am able to stay home with my kids. I suppose I could simply say "I make crafts for a living" but that is so not it.
First and foremost, I call myself one of "God's Creative Crash Test Dummy's" and I am NOT afraid to tell you that GOD is the center of my life. As long as I keep HIM centered in my life, everything flows with complicated ease. It is all part of my journey and without HIM, I am dysfunctional and unsuccessful in ALL areas of my life. As long as I have that center, REGARDLESS of the situation, I am continually blessed physically, mentally, spiritually, personally and well, creatively.
I am a daughter, a sister, a wife, a mom, a homemaker, a friend, a teacher, a baker, a doodler, a taxi service, a laundromat, a waitress, a dreamer, a prayer...I think you get it but on top of all of that, I get to do what I love and was created to do for a living. 
How did I get started ?
The answer to that question is not so much about "what I do for a living" but why I did it. Before I "really" knew what I was going to "do for a living" I HAD to make the decision to make a change. It was more about why than what. (gosh I hope that makes sense)
Easiest way to explain it is that I took a leap of faith.
I just did.
I can clearly remember the very day that I took that GIANT leap of faith.
I HAD to make a change. I was a wreck. A complete mess. I was completely in a panic yet equally confident. I was scared to death and totally excited. Yes, possibly a bit crazy but in complete control (so I thought.)
The facts were that I was in an unhappy marriage and struggling to be a good mom. I was becoming more dysfunctional by the day. My future was completely blurry and I was out of focus BUT at the same exact time was confident that GOD would take care of me. HE he always has and always will.
But I had to leap.
It has not been easy but I am okay with that. There have been many roadblocks, speed bumps, detours and complete shutdowns but for everything that has happened, for every choice I have passed on, every decision I have made and regretted and for each moment of clarity, it has lead up to today. It has and will continue to make me who I am and what I strive to become.
Thanks to you for hanging in there with me! The best is yet to come...