Finding This Career! How did I get here??

Y'all!! What a journey this has been. We are just going to jump right into it- because that's what I do best! My name is Macey Clark and I am a dreamer. To a fault sometimes. Well, more like most of the time. But I have no plans on changing that because I kind of like it that way!

In my family, everyone knew what there were born to do... and then went and did it. I dad wanted to be a truck driver by the time he could walk. Literally. And now he is almost 60 and kicking butt at it. My mom is a SPED teacher and LEA with a heart of gold. And, well, my sister was a beast of a college athlete and it now.... yep, a coach. You guessed it! Me on the other hand, it took me a little longer and a few more test runs to figure out what the heck I was going to do. I will try to spare you some brain cells and not dump out ALL the things I tried to pursue. When it was time to go to college at the University of Arkansas, I was dead set on becoming an occupational therapist and by the time classes started, I had already switched to business administration. I went back to occupational therapy and then switched BACK to business. But during all that switching, I worked at a real estate investment company where I fell in love with all things houses. And looking back on my life, I have always really loved houses.

When I was a kid, me, my sister, and one of my cousins would make straw houses at my great grandmas house every chance we got! Not like standing fort kind of houses but just outline the floor plan with the pine straw. Every room was labeled and we would play "house", hollering from the living room to one another through the imaginary walls we had created. I LOVED the whole thing and designing the layout of each and every straw house was my favorite part.

Several years later, I took an art class and figured out that I had a gift of drawing and painting. At the time I wondered, "what good is this ever going to do me?" And then I got into high school, where I started truly wondering what I was supposed to do with my life since everyone else around me seemed to already have their whole lives planned out! I started praying about it... and praying about it... and praying about it. When I tell you I tried every single thing I thought I might like, I. Mean. Everything.

And then, I met my sweet husband in May of my senior year of college. We got married that same year- in November. Crazy. I know. I have no regrets!! And then got pregnant two months later in January of '22. I was working at a law firm at the time until we had our sweet Maggie and decided I would stay home with her. Which is such a blessing! But I still wanted to do something. And it was then, that God opened my eyes and brought me back to my roots. I love people. I love talking with people. I love to draw and create. I love to dream. And, I. Love. Houses. And that was it. There it was-right in front of my skinny little face- the whole stinking time! So, I dove in. I went back through some schooling and found a local drafter in town to train me and here we are. Pretty much throwing myself to the wolves right now but I think of Benaiah in 2 Samuel 23:20-21. He chased a lion into a pit on a snowy day and came out victorious. With only a staff, we took down an Egyptian soldier with a sword by wrestling the sword out of his hand and killing him with his own weapon. That is such a testament to how we are chase after The Lord and what we are called to do. Look the lion dead in the eye and chase it.

I might not know this entire business, yet. My drawings might not be considered professional, yet. And I will fail several times at several things along the way. But I know for certain that while God is still waking me up every morning, I still have a job to do. And I cannot wait to see where this journey leads!

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