Now that I have put myself out
there through this blog, I feel like I should tell you a little more about who
I am. I am blessed! I have a husband who
loves the Lord and is constantly pointing me back to Him. I have a home complete with a vegetable
garden. I have a church where I belong. I have more friends than I can count. I have 2 jobs that I love and I am totally
and completely passionate about.
I went to college to be a teacher
and have never, not once, doubted that calling on my life. From the age of 5, I could tell you I wanted
to be a mom and a teacher. By high
school, those goals had expanded to 4: wife, mom, teacher, and someone who points children to the Lord. I am so blessed
that God placed such a strong calling on my life. I became even more blessed on June 6, 2013
when I got a call from the headmaster of my (and Will’s) alma matter offering
me my dream job. One of the few big life
decisions I’ve made this way, but I said yes before I even checked with
Will! I love this job and can feel God
working through me every day as I plan with my amazing coworkers whom I respect
and as I teach these precious children God has entrusted me with and to whom he
has given a thirst for learning. I love
teaching!
It wasn’t until recently when God
opened a door to wedding planning. I
always loved weddings, but thought of them more as a hobby. I won’t go into all of the details of how
Weddings By Carter began, but every step of the way it fit perfectly with my
passion for teaching. People often ask
me which one I would rather do, but I cannot answer because I am so passionate
about both of them. I guess during the
week I would rather be teaching and on weekends I would rather be working
weddings.
One of the things I love about
teaching children is the same thing Jesus did.
They have faith like a child and are able to accept things that adults
may overthink. Ever since my first year
of teaching in 2010, I have been on my personal version of Are you Smarter than
a Fifth Grader? “Mrs. Fawcett, how many
kids do you have?”, “Are you pregnant?”, “Why don’t you have kids?”, “When are
you going to have kids?”, or, my favorite, “Mrs. Fawcett, when you do have a
baby, will you name it after me?”
When I was teaching in a public
school, my answer was “I do have kids! I have 24 of you!” Now that I’m blessed to be teaching in a
Christian school, my answer is a very honest one. “That is up to God.”
On Halloween last year, one sweet
girl asked me why I didn’t have kids to go home and carve a pumpkin with. I responded with a laugh and, “You’ll have to
talk to God about that one!” Immediately,
she announced to the other girls at the table that they had to stop and pray
right then. And she did. And she continued to pray every morning in
advisee with her small group of girls.
Faith like a child. I pray that
God will give me this faith.
Another time, with only a week and
a half left in the school year, they started asking again. One panicked little girl begged me, “Mrs.
Fawcett, last year our teacher went on maternity leave. Please don’t go on maternity leave and leave
us the last week of school!” Oh, if only
babies came that quickly!
I am praying that our children will
come in God’s perfect timing and, meanwhile, He will give me faith like a child
to continue to pray for our precious babies.
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