Brianne Henry

Do you ever put words into God's mouth? Do you pretend like He's telling you something when maybe He's really not? Or do you get super excited about a possibility and tell yourself, "Yes, I believe this is the plan that God has for me!" Maybe it's just me that does this, not you. I have been absolutely overwhelmed with career possibilities, job opportunities, going back to school and such since we moved out here. I have prayed about it, pondered over it and did lots of Google searches. But what if I have it wrong?  What if I'm putting my two cents in and NOT listening to what God is telling me? For the past month or two, I've been consumed by becoming a financial adviser. Anything in the financial world, really. I've even applied for secretarial positions at financial firms just to get my foot in the door. And I got nothing. I seriously thought my life plan was to become a financial adviser. Do you know what financial advisers do? I do, because...

Good morning blog-reading friends! I hope this Thursday finds you happy and healthy! I recently wrote a Facebook post that said this, "Do I take advantage of half-price tuition at Midwestern and get my Master's in Christian Education? Do I pursue a career in finance? Or do I simply wait and try for a teaching job again next year? Ugh, the decisions I must make!!!!" Moving to Kansas City has been such a whirlwind. It's a fresh start...I can change careers, I can go back to school, I can basically do whatever I want. It's a re-do, fully and completely. Some people welcome a new start, some people wish they could start over at the ripe old age of 24. But me? It stresses me out...way too much! A few people wrote back saying to pray and have patience (yeah, I've been doing that for over 2 months here!). But my brother-in-law wrote, "Relax and enjoy the point of life where you are at." I don't like admitting Josh is right. And when I first read it,...

I apologize for the lack of blogs here recently. It seems that we are really busy, but nothing's going on. Ever feel like that? We've had a whirlwind few days here in KC. Lots of family visiting, which I love! Mom and Dad came last Saturday. However, their visit was cut short because we lost power for 7 hours and Mike Hayes doesn't do well in a strange place with no power. Needless to say, they left Sunday evening instead of Monday morning. Monday afternoon Will, Candi, Maddi & Hayden came to visit. We had so much fun with them and I hope they had a blast too. I met them Monday afternoon at the Legends. When they spotted me, Maddi & Hayden came running with outstretched arms. I nearly cried! I forgot how much I had missed them!!! While Hayden was hugging me he asked, "When's Luke gonna be here?" I said, "Sorry buddy, he's at work tonight and you won't see him until tomorrow." Hayden replied, "Are you kidding? I was in a car for...

I was recently approached by someone to blog about my job. Most of you know that I am currently serving at Olive Garden. I call it serving because waitressing is now politically incorrect, I think anyway! I can think of two jobs (well, now three) that I have had in my life that I can honestly say were super hard work. The first was housekeeping at Oak Terrace, the second was waitressing/bartending at Oak Terrace and the third would be now. Serving is HARD work. Housekeeping was hard too, but serving takes the cake. There are no people to deal with in housekeeping, it's just physical (and gross!). Serving requires long hours. I have worked over nine hours for seven of the last 12 days. These nine hours a day are spent on my feet, maybe sitting for 15-20 minutes the entire shift. Not only am I standing, but I'm walking (nearly running) when we get busy. My uniform is long pants, long shirt buttoned all the way up and a tie. Not cool or comfortable in over 100 degree heat, whi...