Dear You,
I am so sorry that it has been nearly a month since you have heard from me last…but oh my goodness SO much can happen in a month. If I could for a minute – I would love the opportunity to testify about God’s goodness and faithfulness towards me. On July 1st I recorded a journal entry stating that I would become Dean of Students at Hopkins Elementary School by July 3rd (which was the interview date) with a start date of my birthday (August 5th). Well friends, do you not know that you are reading a blog from Zoe Walton, Dean of Students!? I am so pressed, blessed, thankful, humble and grateful to have the opportunity to continue to serve the educational community in this capacity and I am still in incredulous awe of God and all of His wonder. I don’t count it an accident or by coincidence that I was chosen to be Dean.
I also wanted to take the time out to shoutout my amazing community, family and friends that rallied around and congratulated me on this amazing achievement. I don’t think I realized how much people are paying attention to me or how much people are actually supporting me. I am so grateful to have been able to share this with my network and to be recognized and honored in such a way.
On the precipice of my 29th birthday….I wanted to just write a blog that expressed immense gratitude and love. I am so thankful to have made it 29 years on this earth throughout and despite my many challenges, diagnoses and attempts to leave. I am grateful to be standing before you today as a Dean of Students, as a friend, as a daughter, as a sister, as a confidant, as whoever I may be to you or mean to you. I am grateful that God saw fit for me to be on this earth and to be the change and to be a powerhouse for Him. I don’t often brag too too much on God and who He is to me but I am so grateful to be called daughter especially in this season. I am looking to honestly just dwell with Him and be ALL IN. I want to know him more and closer in this season. I mean I know that the demands of a new role are going to pull me but I want to make intentional time for devotion and intentional time to talk to Him and really just rest with Him. This blog doesn’t have a true rhyme or reason but I did want to express sincere gratitude for this journey. For year 29 I want to continue to evolve and become the woman that I envision for myself. One who is kind, devoted, loving, caring, empathetic, patient, a go-getter, an adventurer, a traveler, someone who tries new things, someone who isn’t afraid to fail, someone who takes on challenges. The woman that I see is who I am going to be.
If you made it this far, thanks for reading. I can’t promise that next week I will be back on track with a blog but I will try my best to be more consistent.
Take care of yourself,
Me.
I love you! You got this! Keep going!
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