Jami's Best Laid Plans

A few years ago, in a meeting at church, people were sharing prayer requests. One woman asked for prayer for her son who she felt may have been suffering some depression. Around the table we made sympathetic noises, nodded, wrote down his name. Then she added "His life is, well, it isn't going like he planned." Chuckles broke out around the table, not because we no longer empathized with him, but because really - has anyone in the history of the world ever had their life go as they planned it? Here's the thing - I have a fantastic life. I have more than a girl has the right to ask for: loving husband, two healthy boys, wonderful extended family and in-laws, and we're all happy, healthy and not in jail, poverty or other dire straights. But, that doesn't mean that this went according to plan. Any of the plans starting from Junior High, as a matter of fact. We can ignore the grade school hopes of living in a tree and being a famous actress/singer/writer/mommy/astronaut. As I mentioned in a previous blog, the Husband and I celebrated our 13th anniversary. I never would have imagined, even only 5 years ago, that I'd have a newborn on my 13th anniversary. Especially one I birthed. So not part of that plan. I don't really have a point here, except that plans change and that's not bad. It's not good. It is. We make of it what we will, and time spent ruminating on how we thought it would go is wasted. So when your plans get chucked, grin and get on with the living.