I know you have probably been here. Most of us have at one time or another. It can be agonizing when faced with the decision to choose between one path and the another.
Most of my regular readers are familiar with the Fashionista. She is my favorite sidekick. She is one of the reasons I get out of bed in the morning. She is my heart. She is my daughter.
The Fashionista will soon be graduating with an associates degree in fashion design. She is currently facing a tough decision. A fork in the road if you will. She needs to decide what to do next: take a risk and continue on with her design studies or make a traditional choice of say obtaining a bachelors degree in business.
As her mother and even as a clothes wearing woman I believe with all my heart and soul in her talent. But like many young women who have not gained enough confidence through experiences in life she does not always believe in her self. I know many of you reading this are nodding your head and saying "Yes! I have been there!"
Recently, I learned about a design contest.
I challenged the Fashionista to enter a design. This is what she entered. Sadly, blogger is not letting me click on the photo to enlarge it. Grrrrr! If you would like to hear the lovely story on her inspirations for the design you can read her blog post here.
Sadly, she was not selected as a finalist. If you would like to see which designs were selected you can go here. Some of the designs were fabulous. Some left me scratching my head.
Understandably, this has caused her to doubt herself even further.
If you are a mother then you know the deep pain you feel when your child is hurting.
I have turned the comments off on this post. I was hoping that if you believe she has a gift you could perhaps leave a comment on her blog to encourage her.
Thank you from the bottom of my heart.