Hello Everyone, if you’ve made it this far thank you. My name is Janny Marie Cruz, am I a blogger? Honestly I don’t know, all I know I know is that I love telling stories. If I’m going to be honest I’m probably the most Public Private person. I love to share all things about my life whether it be about my love for God, Adventure, and all things Coffee. I am 28 years old, currently a Special Ed Instructional Paraprofessional, and I am very active in my church. I will never go a day without having an Iced Coffee (you wouldn’t want to see me on a day without it).
I am at a point in my life that most of my friends find scary (almost hitting our Thirties). If I may be frank I was also scared to start getting closer to 30. I’m not in a relationship, most of my friends are married, have children, and are living their life with their families. Growing up we were always told that to be successful we should graduate college, find a good man/wife, get married, have kids, and have a good paying job. Who’s to say any of that makes you truly successful? I have friends who have graduated college but do nothing in the field they studied for. People who have found said “good man/ wife” and are not happy with them, friends who have children and wish they would’ve waited. That’s not to say that other haven’t been successful but what I’m trying to say is some things work for others and for others they don’t.
We can not live our life according to what others deem “successful” live your life to what best suits you. Did I go to college? Yes, but honestly as much as I loved school I struggled a lot to juggle it. It took a lot for me to realize that it was okay not to have a college degree. For many years I was a Daycare Teacher/ Nanny and I’ve always wanted to work in a School setting. I thought that i wouldn’t be able to because I didn’t have said degree but God made a way. He qualified me and allowed me to gain enough experience to work in a Middle School in the Special Ed department where I get to do exactly what I’ve always wanted; to help children become their best self and advocate for them. Some days are harder than others because of how demanding the job is physically, mentally, and emotionally, but than you have days where you realize that no matter how hard it gets it is rewarding. What I’m saying with all of this is to dare to dream a different dream. Thankfully we are all different and all unique, wouldn’t the world be boring if we were all the same.
As mentioned before I am a very active member in my church. I am a Pentecostal Christian, I taught bible study for many years and currently enjoy helping our youth learn and fall in love with God. Later on I’ll go into depth about my life as a Christian and why my faith is strong in Christ. Something I firmly believe in is not forcing someone into believing in God because God doesn’t force anyone to believe or love Him. My prayer is that you can have your own encounter with Him so that you can believe personally and not because someone guilt tripped you into it. I promise that serving God will never be a mistake, if anything it has been the best decision of my life.
I love everything to do with Coffee and Adventures as a matter of fact if we get Coffee before our Adventure you would most likely be my favorite person. I will try to have a page dedicated to past and current adventures including mini vacations, day trips, and spontaneous moments which most of my adventures are.
Lastly, this blog has been something dreamed up in my heart many years ago but I was to scared to even attempt it. My thoughts and worries included: “What’s the point? No one would ever be interested in reading what I would have to say. What would I even blog about? What would my main goal be?” I don’t have the answer to any of those questions or doubts but what I do know is that this is the year I over come all doubt, worry, and fear I may have. I’m tired of missing great opportunities because of what ifs or whats the point.
Come along with me and let’s do this thing called life “One Day At A Time”
Love,
Janny Marie
One Day at A Time with Janny Mari 