Ag.

For pretty much all my life I've struggled to find things that I am truly passionate about. It always seemed that the things I got involved I only really liked for short periods of time and then got bored and uninterested in whatever it was.

Well that's kinda how I ended up feeling this morning at orientation for my major program. Human Development and Social Work, which I thought for the longest time was where I belonged, the path I was destined to walk down, suddenly seemed so much less interesting and not where I fit. I'd really been struggling with this for a while now. I knew that I wanted to help people (something I will hopefully never loose passion for), but I was finding is nearly impossible to envision myself as a social worker sitting in a cubicle in a welfare/counseling center trying to help people as best as could with in the confines of a system that kept me from really helping them. Just thinking about it doesn't bring me joy!

While my mom and I were in Blacksburg we swung by the local farmers market, a real treat for me. I am a total advocate for eating local, buying local, and supporting local businesses in general, but fresh local produce is one of my absolute favorite things in the world. As my mom watched me melt over all the colors, textures, and local yumminess that surrounded me she jokingly suggested that I should become an agriculture major. Something about my mom - she's really good at pointing me in directions that I don't even know I want to go in; from prom dresses to programs of study I'm pretty convinced now that she knows me better than I do. Go mom.

Need less to say this idea of being an "ag" major got planted in my brain (see what I did there?!) and I haven't quite been able to get it out. Knowing that this would give me an outlet to go into international communities and have the opportunity to change their lives by helping them create a sustainable food source while enriching my own life is pretty darn enticing. This little thought came at just the right time, it's amazing how God works sometimes isn't it?! I will definitely be praying over whether or not this is the way that God wants two of my passions to be merged and the path He wants me to walk down.

xoxo,

Abby