here we go
well, today's the day of the big presentation. (remember when kirkum rocked the room with his?) it's safe to say i'm feeling nervous. i have given whole fistfuls of presentations over the course of this past year, but it is quite a different experience to prepare for an audience of your peers than to prepare for an audience of all faculty. thankfully, kirk will be there to cheer me on.
besides the regular nerves, there's also a lot to cover in the strict 20 minutes they give you, and if you do not finish in that timeframe, they cut you off. i practiced several times last night but am still quite a ways from perfecting it. and since i have yet to nail down each slide, i don't have a good sense of whether all my information fits within the time limit.
thankfully, i still have several hours to practice this morning. i go live at 2pm.
ps: internet, meet storychange. this is the baby i left full-time work to birth into the world. while i still do not know if it will ever see the light of day, it has been quite a journey to watch it grow, move, and change over this past year. just creating the plan for its eventual arrival into the world has been a birth in and of itself, and that is one accomplishment i will now carry with me with great pride.
posted by christianne at
8:28 AM
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Celebrating with you that it is complete and ready to present! I am sooo proud of you, girl. And have been praying for you already this morning for your presentation, so I'm glad to know the specific time. :) Just remember to take deep breaths, talk slower than you normally would (people always rush through presentations so fast because of unsteady nerves that others cannot understand what was said!), and take pride in all you've accomplished through this whole process. Don't worry so much what they think--we all know this is totally "of God" and as you desire to serve Him, it will take flight. They've got to catch your passion and love for your vision, and that in itself will surely win them over! : )
Loving you,
Mom
"Celebrate the Possibilities" is such a wonderful sub-title, Christianne.
It's what this journey of yours has been all about with this project. It's what you have helped me to embrace through reading your blog over the last year or so. It is what your personality exudes without even trying. I think it captures so much of what you and your project are about.
And so... even if you talk over your 20 min. time limit, even if you get the dreaded C+ instead of an A on this project, even if you stay in FL. instead of relocating to CA, even if, even if... just consider the possibilities! God's sovereign hand is guiding your life like a stream. You are precisely where He wants you to be.
Celebrate the possibilities.
(Praying for you today.)
What a journey you've been on to get to these 20 minutes...wow!! I'm so glad you thought of it, though, or I never would have emailed you out-of-the-blue like that.
So much love and so many winged hopes to you today!!
i LOVE that name! our stories are so important and they provide a framework for everything we do. praying for you right now...you must be done by now, and I hope it went smoothly and that you'll leave the presentation with a weight lifted off your shoulders. those shoulders have been carrying an awful heavy load the last several years. love to you!
Oh, I love the design. Yours or Kirk's?
By now you are done. I look forward to hearing how it went. And I CELEBRATE with you... the possibilities that you have brought forward by pursuing this chapter of your own story with great commitment and heart.
good work, sister!! just the banner is enough to impress me.
i hope it went well, & i hope once you got started, you were carried through the presentation. and you know, regardless of what any faculty member might have said at the end of your 20 minutes ... God is in this & this has His handiwork all over it.
congratulations, sister!!
much love
-k
thanks, all, for your incredible encouragement to me today through these words. each message left me with wide smiles and surging heart. they really lifted my wings today as i took flight!
*momma: i already told you how much your words and prayers to me in these past few intense days have meant to me. it is so true. they've lifted and humbled me. they've made me so thankful for who you are and for your love. thank you for reinforcing my true identity in Christ, beyond any measure of performance. this is a message i continue to learn as i walk through life, and it comes at just the right moment right now. i love you!
*erin-girl: wow. i don't have many words to express to what you said. simply, thank you. thank you for sharing what you see in my life and how it has moved your own. that totally floors me. and thank you for reminding me that the possibilities indeed are endless because our big God is guiding it all. love to you, dear friend!
*sarah: you know, you are so right! it was totally that dreaming lily experiment that us to a deeper dialogue. big secret: did you know you made it on to one of my presentation slides today? yes, indeed, because of the role you've played as an advisor of sorts through the development process and your continued willingness to walk alongside me in it, offering your own experience and wisdom with soul care and group work . . . i named you as an advisor to the concept! heh heh. betcha that knocks your socks off. i like doing that. :)
*terri: i love hearing your response to the name! i know you get this, this life of story we each live. such a huge concept to begin thinking about, our lives as unfolding stories. i love it (obviously). thank you for your prayers today!
*l.l.: you know, this whole design element had me thinking of you frequently throughout this past year as i developed the branded look. (so the answer to your question is that the design is mine.) i have often remembered that you did work in graphic design, so any work i've done in designing the product prototypes, the logo, and other elements have often brought you to my thoughts. thanks for sharing your love of it! i love it, too. clean lines. green growth. minimalist feel.
*kirsten: it really did feel like that, once i got started: that it carried me. and then the joy of a completely lifted weight afterward (after the initial daze of, 'wait. is it really done??!') love you, girl.
cool! my socks are officially knocked off (and that's hard to do in the summer when, you know, I don't wear them ;) ) seriously, it's special to know that i helped. love you!!
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