The Journey

Hello All:

My name is Fran Logan, from Houston, Texas. I have recently embarked on the journey of my life, starting a Daycare Center. I am extremely excited and nervous about this life changing career path and will take any and all advise out there.

Let me tell you a little more about myself:
I am 26, married (9-10-11), and a new mom to an awesome little boy. I graduated from Louisiana State University in Apparel Design, Textile Sciences, and Visual Merchandising in 2009. I became a certified Family and Consumer Sciences and EC-6 teacher in June of 2012. I have worked in a variety of places; from David's Bridal as an Alterations and Beading Specialist to a Doctor's Assistant for an OBGYN.

Life:

As a child I always had a passion for teaching and sewing. I can remember my favorite toy as a toddler was a  mock sewing machine that rolled out stamps instead of sewing. I was finally allowed to start sewing around the 3rd grade, making small pillows and purses. My mom was and still is a huge supporter of my sewing and designing, but I know her dream for me was to be in the medical field. Because of my parents dreams for me, I went to LSU with the mind of a doctor, but the heart of a designer. By sophomore year I had transferred to the Design Program. I absolutely looooove college after that transfer, I was finally in my element. I had to typical college life: parties, friends, football game, pledged a Sorority (Delta Sigma Theta); it was great. I competed in numerous fashion shows and excelled to third in the nation in 2009 for fashion design students. I had to awesome opportunity to study abroad in China in 2009 and interned in Dallas, TX that summer.

All of this sounds perfect until graduation. Life hit me hard, going from having the best college and career life to not having a job or any real experience to get my dream job was extreme embarrassing and hard for me. I thought about becoming a teacher in Texas in the fall of 2009, but did not have the money to even sign up for the classes. I ended up having a huge breakdown, feeling like a complete failure at life and that I wasted my full scholarship on getting a degree in a hobby! I cried and prayed about everything and ended up moving back home with my parents. I started working for an OBGYN as a Doctor's Assistant (thank God I got that certification prior to college). I got my life back on track, started my first Master's journey towards education EC-6 and Family and Consumer Sciences. in March 2010 I met my now husband. He was a huge supporter of everything I wanted to do with my life. In November 2010 I decided to move to Monroe, Louisiana to be closer to him and finish my Master's program at the local university. March 2011, he proposed at my fashion show with all of my sorority sisters' help (best night ever!!). We got married 9-10-11 in my hometown; Sulphur, Louisiana. After getting married we moved to Houston, Texas where I became the Fashion, Interior Design and Child Development/Guidance Instructor at a high school. My husband got a job as a Chemical Technologist at a chemical plant. We decided to start a family right away, and we literally got pregnant right away! On June 1, 2012 we had our first child; a beautiful baby boy.

So far life has given me lots of downs, but way more ups. I look forward to the future.