Down to the wire, i wanted water but i’ll walk through the fire
January 25, 2010
it’s been a bit since i have written an entry. it’s been crazy times around these parts. i think my last post was my birthday. and 27 is still proving to be amazing.
i started a non-profit in july called, resc\you. we’ve been moving slowly, but we’re moving. in november we were in the southeast outlook, which was fun. knowing that 30,000 people may read about your cause was pretty humbling. i didn’t expect much to happen from it. mostly, the article made resc\you a reality and not something i was doing with my friends.
a couple weeks ago, there was snow here in louisville and i didn’t have school. so i’m sitting at home watching golden girls and the courier journal calls my house (i have caller id). i wasn’t going to answer it, i thought they were going to hassle me to buy the paper…but on a whim i did..and there was a girl named nikki on the other line. she googled me (i’ve never been googled. i didn’t know i was that interesting) and found out my home number and address. (i hate that i was listed as a “polo fields woman”…i don’t like that i live in that neighborhood. i like my house) she heard my story from the outlook months prior and wanted to feature me in the neighborhoods section of the paper. yes ma’am, sign me up!
that came out last week. you can look it up on www.courier-journal.com and go to neighborhoods. you’ll find me.
i’ve gotten a much bigger response. classmates, my bro’s friend even forwarded it to all their college buddies. i’m so glad that people are behind the movement. to end trafficking.
then the earthquake in haiti struck, and the resc\you team begins to wonder if maybe we need to shift some focus to haiti, even if india is where our hearts are. we’re looking into travelling there once i graduate (april please please hurry up!!!) and seeing how we can help. i’ve been reading and people have been sending me lots of articles on how trafficking has become more prevalent since the earthquake. it’s still something we’re thinking about.
school this semester is going to be rough. i have 21 credit hours, a 20 hour a week practicum and i work on the weekends. i’m still keeping up with everything, or at least trying to. the greatest thing about resc\you is now i have people to delegate things too, my social life is nonexistent anyway, and i finally got my schedule back in sync with eric’s so i can start muay thai again.
next week is february, so i’m closer to the end anyway.
2010 is good to me so far. i’m glad i got to usher it in with great friends. i’m glad that transition is happening in my life. india did an upheavel of my life and now i finally get to see how all of that plays out. i think the second trip was more beneficial than the first. i’m glad i went the first time and i got to meet the people that i did. i’m happy that i got to see india with my own eyes and my own interpretations. travelling with 25 people will definitely influence the way you understand what’s going on. i think some people saw me as a lot more broken than i am or was, so they never gave me the chance to process. i was handed an interpretation of what happened on that day. i’m glad that i got 6 weeks on my own. i definitely learned a lot about who amy was and what i was capapble of. i was in a few dangerous situations, and i came through them. i learned who my friends were and weren’t. i learned who supported me. i was given the opportunity to lead resc\you and the stretching opportunity that it is. and the friendships that have deepened because of it.
well, class is starting soon. i must go.
have a nice day.
