The NEXT Chapter

"You don't have to see the whole staircase, just take the first step.

-Martin Luther King, Jr.

Somewhere along the way, the world started convincing High School Seniors that they had to have their whole lives figured out before graduation – and that any revision of that plan meant failure.? If you, like me, believed this to be true, I’m excited to tell you, IT’s A LIE!

More than 20 years after my own high school graduation, I am wrapping up a week that included:

• Reopening the burg. , a not-for-profit coffee shop turned dress boutique focused on helping women of all ages see themselves for the amazing people they are
• Volunteering with the Distinguished Young Women of Pennsylvania
• Becoming the state chair for Distinguished Young Women of Missouri
• Returning to school to attain my Master’s Degree in Ministry at Grace College & Seminary
• Beginning a new role as the Partnerships Manager at Edstruments , a growing fintech meets edtech organization

…and next week, I will move BOTH of my children into their respective colleges as they begin their next chapters.

I don’t know what tomorrow holds.? Clearly, I don’t even know what I want to do when I grow up.??

What I DO know is that I will no longer be paralyzed by the fear of “doing it wrong” or falling short of an imaginary set of expectations that I think others have set for me.

I am kicking off this next chapter of my life surrounded by people who expect me to succeed and who will support me if/when I fall short.? I am going to this season, not as a mom, an entrepreneur, a salesperson, a marketer, a student, or even a friend.? Just like I am not all the failures (or the successes) of yesterday, none of these labels define me.? I am Morgan, and I am excited to explore what that really means.

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