renegade, good for you for tinking ahead. Is your other job selling your art? Please tell us more.

chick, great idea to brainstorm for Lynn.

Lynn, go with your passion. If you go to school, will you graduate and still be involved with domestic violence? I know that's where you're already making a difference.

Have you journaled about this? I think this is the perfect time to humker down in prayer with a journal and get at the core of your being to see what you are being called to do.

I like chick's ideas of creating ways for you to make money at lecturing. Can you position yourself as a domestic violence expert and begin writing press releases, or submitting articles to major magazines for recognition?