Yoga
IS A PRAYER
by Kellyn McGee
fence around the property.) We enjoyed seeing the city not just as tourists. When I returned home, I continued applying for jobs. On March 1st, the dean emailed, asking if I was still interested in a faculty position. We (with the associate dean) met for breakfast on March 6th. By 9:00 that morning, I’d received a job offer. With a start date of July 1st. Summer.
January 1, 2012. I was on a girls’ trip in the mountains, celebrating and planning for the new year. That day, I decided I was moving to Savannah. By the end of the year. My girls questioned my timeline: why not by summer? Well, because I didn’t have a job in Savannah and I owned a house, I was giving myself the year to clear those hurdles. I began a job search, including submitting my resume to the dean of an Atlanta law school opening a campus in my soon-to-be 6
Without really looking for it, my dream career happened upon me. Working for the law school, in either home. A friend taught at administration or on the the school and we timed my submission so that she could faculty, seemed like a cool and interesting job, just like sing my praises to the dean and associate dean. I emailed all the others I’d applied to. I became one of the founding my resume on January 31st. faculty of Savannah Law Before 8 a.m. on February School and later served as 1st, the dean responded: no. the dean of students for a Friends read his response as three-year appointment. “not now.” Oh, well. With all the growing pains and uncertainty in a role I’d Undeterred from my plan to live in Savannah, a friend and never really considered and had only seen as a student, I I went on a reconnaissance fell in love with my job. road trip. I looked at apartments on my list. We Then. In March 2018 the went to the location where board of directors announced the law school would be Savannah Law would be (we might have breached a