Rhi's Designs

Measuring the cost, of education, life, love and success. I started out on this school journey to "just finish" what I started so many years ago. I have felt that my lack of education has limited me in my career goals. It might have but I have had many on the job experiences to give me quite an education too. I have wanted to get this degree because it makes me nervous to have to start over some day from where I currently work because I lack the education. I had to measure the cost of my family when I went back to school. I would be busy on nights that I needed to help get kids places, I would also not get to watch T.V. with them. These things still break my heart but I know that if I strive to change with school, we can have a better future. What I have loved in all of this is gaining a new perspective in learning, in studying not just school work but church related topics too. I can see my testimony grow because of the blessing that I am receiving. Those costs are innumer...

When I was a little girl I wanted to be more than just a mom. I wanted to be a fashion designer, a ventriloquist, and an artist. As I got older, the careers seemed to fade to what can I do to help with my family so that we can have a good quality of life.  We work hard every day. I realize that I am blessed to have the stamina to do all the things that I do.  I have friends that will ask, "Rhiannon, how do you do it every day with your jobs, school, children, and keeping up with your house?" I never have a satisfying answer for them but I have seen how the Lord has blessed me in my personal and family endeavors. There isn't much time to relax but I make time to do that. I have given up on having a deeply cleaned house. I let the little things go and I have added responsibilities to my children and husband that I would normally do. Do they get done all the time?  No but it's those little things that I don't stress about.  Is my house ready fo...

I have thought about my post long enough. I am far behind in what I need to do for school. It's been a hard semester. When talking about leadership, I have often thought that leaders know what they are doing, they are smart, organized and can motivate others. As I look around at my peers at work, I see that many times this is not the case. There are many that get leadership positions because they outlasted the last person, did something good a few times or they were the only person that applied for the job. Many leaders that I work with, don't care, don't inspire or lead. They like the pay but not the work. I have seen how their attitude attributes to those that they lead. I often hear of people hating what they do, no one to trust or to turn to when they need help. This week, I was given the opportunity to come up with activities that would help people that are moving to one project to another to have less gap time. In the past when there are have been situations we ha...

I have been feeling very overwhelmed by life. I think we all start to feel that way when we are growing. But with managing school, work and children. I feel that is all that I do is manage. Manage to get from one place to another. Dreaming I could be somewhere else instead. Or dreading the words.....oh by the way...... There is always something to do, something to clean but this is the life a busy mom. As I read the However Long and Hard the Road, by the Holland's, so things stood out to me that I shouldn't continue to stress. "The only limitations you have are those you set on yourself." The other one was "Excellence by definition doesn't come easily or quickly, an excellent education does not, a successful mission does not. It is simply a truism that nothing very valuable can come without significant sacrifice and effort and patience on our part." When I read these two thoughts, they struck me because I have been feeling down about all the things tha...